akin

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Of persons, of the same kin; related by blood.

   [W]e are too near a kin to lye together, tho' vve may Lodge near one another; […].

2. 2
   adj

   Allied by nature; similar; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind.

   Is not then Fruition near akin to Love?

3. 3
   verb

   To relate or compare; to liken.

   I like to akin the P-Diddy case to Gen-Z's version of the O.J. Simpson trial.

4. 4
   adj

   related by blood

From a corruption of of kin, from Middle English of kyn (“related, of kin”), equivalent to a- + kin (1550s). Compare Old English cyn, cynn (“akin, proper, suitable”, adj.).

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