WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
ag•nate
(ag′nāt),USA pronunciation n.
adj.
ag•nat•ic
(ag nat′ik),USA pronunciation ag•nat′i•cal, adj.
ag•nat′i•cal•ly, adv.
ag•na•tion
(ag nā′shən),USA pronunciation n.
- Anthropologya relative whose connection is traceable exclusively through males.
- Anthropologyany male relation on the father's side.
adj.
- Anthropologyrelated or akin through males or on the father's side.
- Anthropologyallied or akin.
- Latin agnātus paternal kinsman, variant of ad(g)nātus born to (past participle of adgnāscī), equivalent. to ad- ad- + -gnā be born + -tus past participle suffix
- 1525–35;