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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : uh-kin |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈkɪn |
Definition of akin
Origin :- 1550s, from phrase of kin; see kin.
- adj related or connected
- But the time had passed when my affections and those of my master were akin.
- Extract from : « The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, Complete » by Madame La Marquise De Montespan
- And do you consider truth to be akin to proportion or to disproportion?
- Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
- Or that his nature, being such as we have delineated, is akin to the highest good?
- Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
- All of them are akin to speech, and therefore, like speech, admit of true and false.
- Extract from : « Sophist » by Plato
- And this science is akin to knowledge rather than to action.
- Extract from : « Statesman » by Plato
- They are akin to what may be termed the underground religion in all ages and countries.
- Extract from : « Gorgias » by Plato
- And one class of harmonies is akin to courage and all virtue, the other to cowardice and all vice.
- Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
- It was enough to inform Aline that Mme. de Plougastel's errand must be akin to her own.
- Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
- Master and pupil were akin in their unwearied devotion to art.
- Extract from : « Italy, the Magic Land » by Lilian Whiting
- It became evident that her capacity is akin to that of the magician's bag.
- Extract from : « Afloat on the Ohio » by Reuben Gold Thwaites
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