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   Agnate (), a. [L. agnatus, p. p. of agnasci to be born in addition to; ad + nasci (for gnasci) to be born. Cf. Adnate.]
   1. Related or akin by the father's side; also, sprung from the same male ancestor; as, “agnate brother: a brother having the same father, but a different mother”; in ths sense it is a correlative of uterine.
   
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   2. Allied; akin. “Agnate words.”  Pownall.
   
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   Assume more or less of a fictitious character, but congenial and agnate with the former. Landor.
   
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   Agnate, n. [Cf. F. agnat.] (Civil Law) A relative whose relationship can be traced exclusively through males.
   
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