a-kin
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[edit]Adjective
[edit]a-kin (comparative more a-kin, superlative most a-kin)
- Obsolete form of akin.
- 1648, Joseph Mede, The Works of That Reverend, Iudicious, and Learned Divine, Mr Ioseph Mede, B.D. Late Fellow of Christs Colledge in Cambridge. […], London: […] M. F. for John Clark, […], page 275:
- A ſecond observation out of theſe words, and near a-kin to the former is; That it is not enough for a Chriſtian to live harmleſly, and abſtain from ill, but he muſt do that which is good.
- 1670, Wolfgangus Franzius, translated by N. W., The History of Brutes; or, A Description of Living Creatures. Wherein the Nature and Properties of Four-footed Beasts Are at Large Described, London: […] E. Okes, for Francis Haley, […], page 251:
- Sabellicus relateth, in his 7th. Book, Ennead. 6. under Martin the 4th. P. R. of one who was a-kin to the Pope, that brought forth a hairy boy, who had claws like a Bear: […]
- 1786, David Hume, The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the Revolution in 1688, volume I, London: […] T. Cadell, […], page 413:
- There prevailed in that age an opinion which was a-kin to its other ſuperſtitions, that the royal unction was eſſential to the exerciſe of royal power: […]