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Meaning of akin

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  akin
      adj 1: similar in quality or character; "a feeling akin to
             terror"; "kindred souls"; "the amateur is closely related
             to the collector" [syn: {akin(p)}, {kindred}]
      2: related by blood [syn: {akin(p)}, {blood-related}, {cognate},
         {consanguine}, {consanguineous}, {consanguineal}, {kin(p)}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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