"cognation" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /kɒɡˈneɪʃən/, /kəɡˈneɪʃən/ Forms: cognations [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English cognacion, cognacioun, from Latin cognātiō; equivalent to cognate + -ion. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|cognacion}} Middle English cognacion, {{m|enm|cognacioun}} cognacioun, {{der|en|la|cognātiō}} Latin cognātiō, {{af|en|cognate|-ion}} cognate + -ion Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} cognation (countable and uncountable, plural cognations)
  1. (now chiefly linguistics) A cognate relationship. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-cognation-en-noun-9DT-HSdu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ion Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 54",
          "text": "[…] these stones, I say, gratifie our sight, as having a nearer cognation with the Soul of Man, that is Rational and Intellectual, and therefore is well pleased when it meets with any outward Object that fits and agrees with those congenite Ideas her own nature is furnished with."
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