agnate

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If there be no male agnate, the [deceased's] clansmen[20] shall have possession of the estate 6.

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  1. adjective Related on or descended from the father's or male side.
  2. adjective Coming from a common source; akin.
  3. noun A relative on the father's or male side only.

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  1. Latin agnātus, past participle of agnāscī, to become an agnate : ad-, ad- + nāscī, to be born; see genə- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English agnat, agnet, from French agnat, from Latin agnatus, adgnatus, adnatus, properly past participle of agnasci, adgnasci, be born to, belong by birth, from ad, to, + *gnasci, nasci, be born. Cf. adnate and cognate.
 

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/ˈægneɪt/
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