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adjective

Akin adj.

Of the same kin; related by blood; used of persons; as, the two families are near akin.

Allied by nature; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind. "A joy akin to rapture." "The literary character of the work is akin to its moral character." Note: This adjective is used only after the noun.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Akin" Quotes from Famous Books

... specimen of the duke's wit in literature does not bear directly on the question of wit in social conversation; and yet it may lead the mind to questions which are very closely akin to it. The felicity of the duke's translation has a very close resemblance to the curiosa felicitas of Pope—for instance, in his "Characters of Women" and his celebrated satire on Addison. Nearly all Pope's ...

— Memoirs of Life and Literature • W. H. Mallock

... eyes, and her complete ignoring of his presence. If she recognized any addition to their number, there was not the slightest sign given. Once their eyes met by merest accident; but hers apparently saw nothing, and Winston returned to his disagreeable labors at the Opera House, nursing a feeling akin to disappointment. ...

— Beth Norvell - A Romance of the West • Randall Parrish

... Leodogran rejoiced, but thought To sift his doubtings to the last, and asked, Fixing full eyes of question on her face, 'The swallow and the swift are near akin, But thou art closer to this noble prince, Being his own dear sister;' and she said, 'Daughter of Gorlois and Ygerne am I;' 'And therefore Arthur's sister?' asked the King. She answered, 'These be secret things,' and signed To those two sons to ...

— Idylls of the King • Alfred, Lord Tennyson

... quickened as she saw him enter the dining-room and look around for her—and when his eyes fell upon her a light filled his face which was akin to the morning. She did not attempt to analyze the emotion thus revealed, but she could not help seeing that he looked the embodiment of ...

— The Spirit of Sweetwater • Hamlin Garland

... reflections I heard the Emperor make in speaking of the treachery of the King of Naples, though in the first moments, however, he did not reason so calmly. His anger was extreme, and with it was mingled grief and emotions near akin to pity: "Murat!" cried he, "Murat betray me! Murat sell himself to the English! The poor creature! He imagines that if the allies succeed in overthrowing me they would leave him the throne on which I have seated him. ...

— The Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte • Bourrienne, Constant, and Stewarton

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