ag·nate /ˈægˌnet/
(a.)父方的,同族的,同種族的父方,同族親屬,同種族
Ag·nate a.
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.
2. Allied; akin. “Agnate words.”
Assume more or less of a fictitious character, but congenial and agnate with the former. --Landor.
Ag·nate, n. Civil Law A relative whose relationship can be traced exclusively through males.
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agnate
adj : related on the father's side; "a paternal aunt" [syn: agnatic,
paternal]
n : one related on the father's side [syn: patrikin, patrilineal
kin, patrisib, patrilineal sib]