2. Allied; akin. "Agnate words." Pownall. Assume more or less of a fictitious character, but congenial and agnate with the former. Landor.
AGNATE
Ag"nate, n. Etym: [Cf. F. agnat.] (Civil Law)
Defn: A relative whose relationship can be traced exclusively through males.
AGNATIC
Ag*nat"ic, a. Etym: [Cf. F. agnatique.]
Defn: Pertaining to descent by the male line of ancestors. "The agnatic succession." Blackstone.
AGNATION
Ag*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. agnatio: cf. F. agnation.]
1. (Civil Law)
Defn: Consanguinity by a line of males only, as distinguished from cognation. Bouvier.
AGNITION
Ag*ni"tion, n. Etym: [L. agnitio, fr. agnoscere. See Notion.]
Defn: Acknowledgment. [Obs.] Grafton.