"a-kin" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more a-kin",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most a-kin",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "akin"
        }
      ],
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1648, Joseph Mede, The Works of That Reverend, Iudicious, and Learned Divine, Mʳ Ioseph Mede, B.D. Late Fellow of Christs Colledge in Cambridge. […], London: […] M. F. for John Clark, […], page 275",
          "text": "A ſecond observation out of theſe words, and near a-kin to the former is; That it is not enough for a Chriſtian to live harmleſly, and abſtain from ill, but he muſt do that which is good.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1670, Wolfgangus Franzius, translated by N. W., The History of Brutes; or, A Description of Living Creatures. Wherein the Nature and Properties of Four-footed Beasts Are at Large Described, London: […] E. Okes, for Francis Haley, […], page 251",
          "text": "Sabellicus relateth, in his 7th. Book, Ennead. 6. under Martin the 4th. P. R. of one who was a-kin to the Pope, that brought forth a hairy boy, who had claws like a Bear: […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1786, David Hume, The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the Revolution in 1688, volume I, London: […] T. Cadell, […], page 413",
          "text": "There prevailed in that age an opinion which was a-kin to its other ſuperſtitions, that the royal unction was eſſential to the exerciſe of royal power: […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Obsolete form of akin."
      ],
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  ],
  "word": "a-kin"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more a-kin",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most a-kin",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "akin"
        }
      ],
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          "ref": "1648, Joseph Mede, The Works of That Reverend, Iudicious, and Learned Divine, Mʳ Ioseph Mede, B.D. Late Fellow of Christs Colledge in Cambridge. […], London: […] M. F. for John Clark, […], page 275",
          "text": "A ſecond observation out of theſe words, and near a-kin to the former is; That it is not enough for a Chriſtian to live harmleſly, and abſtain from ill, but he muſt do that which is good.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1670, Wolfgangus Franzius, translated by N. W., The History of Brutes; or, A Description of Living Creatures. Wherein the Nature and Properties of Four-footed Beasts Are at Large Described, London: […] E. Okes, for Francis Haley, […], page 251",
          "text": "Sabellicus relateth, in his 7th. Book, Ennead. 6. under Martin the 4th. P. R. of one who was a-kin to the Pope, that brought forth a hairy boy, who had claws like a Bear: […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1786, David Hume, The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the Revolution in 1688, volume I, London: […] T. Cadell, […], page 413",
          "text": "There prevailed in that age an opinion which was a-kin to its other ſuperſtitions, that the royal unction was eſſential to the exerciſe of royal power: […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Obsolete form of akin."
      ],
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        ]
      ],
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  "word": "a-kin"
}