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Definition of Cognations
1. cognation [n] - See also: cognation
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cognations
Literary usage of Cognations
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Indoeuropean Classification: A Lexicostatistical Experiment by Isidore Dyen, Joseph B. Kruskal, Paul Black (1992)
"One reason is that the number of putative cognations among the ... increases and
the original approximation is replaced by more accurate cognations. ..."
2. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England, Or, A Commentary ...by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham (1832)
"... verum eas judicio suo uxori liberis et cognations [(] Regist. 142. But it
appeareth by the Register [I] and many of our bookes, 34 E. i. that there must ..."
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