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  • 21cognate — I. adjective Etymology: Latin cognatus, from co + gnatus, natus, past participle of nasci to be born; akin to Latin gignere to beget more at kin Date: circa 1645 1. of the same or similar nature ; generically alike 2. related by blood; also… …

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  • 22cognate — [ kɒgneɪt] adjective 1》 Linguistics (of a word) having the same linguistic derivation as another (e.g. English father, German Vater, Latin pater). 2》 formal related; connected.     ↘related to or descended from a common ancestor. Compare with… …

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  • 23cognate — adjective, formal the cognate words in English and German Syn: associated, related, connected, allied, linked; similar, like, alike, akin, kindred, comparable, parallel, corresponding, analogous …

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  • 24Cognate (disambiguation) — Cognate (from Latin cognatus blood relation, having a common ancestor ) may refer to: Cognates, words that have a common etymological origin False cognates, words that appear to be cognates, but are not Cognate object, a verb s object that is… …

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  • 25Cognate linkage — In Kinematics, cognate linkages are linkages that ensure the same input output relationship or coupler curve geometry, while being dimensionally dissimilar. In case of four bar linkage coupler cognates, the Roberts–Chebychev theorem states that… …

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  • 26Cognate object — In linguistics, a cognate object (or cognate accusative) is a verb s object that is etymologically related to the verb. More specifically, the verb is one that is ordinarily intransitive (lacking any object), and the cognate object is simply the… …

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  • 27Cognate linkages — Three unique four bar linkages can define the same coupler curve. The linkages which describe the same coupler curve as a certain linkage are called cognate linkages . This theorem in kinematics is called the Roberts Chebychev theorem. The… …

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  • 28cognate word — noun a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language • Syn: ↑cognate • Derivationally related forms: ↑cognate (for: ↑cognate) • Hypernyms: ↑word …

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  • 29cognate object — Gram. a substantive functioning as the object of a verb, esp. of a verb that is usually intransitive, when both object and verb are derived from the same root. Speech in Speak the speech is a cognate object. [1875 80] * * * …

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  • 30cognate object — Gram. a substantive functioning as the object of a verb, esp. of a verb that is usually intransitive, when both object and verb are derived from the same root. Speech in Speak the speech is a cognate object. [1875 80] …

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