Definition of Cognations

1. Noun. (plural of cognation) ¹

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Definition of Cognations

1. cognation [n] - See also: cognation

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cognations

cogito
cogitos
coglike
coglucosidase
coglycolide
cogman
cogmen
cognacs
cognacy
cognate
cognate word
cognately
cognateness
cognates
cognation
cognations
cognescenti
cognetics
cognisable
cognisance
cognisances
cognisant
cognise
cognised
cognises
cognising
cognition
cognition disorder
cognitional
cognitions

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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