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Cognate :: Cognate (n.) One who is related to another on the female side.

Sonant :: Sonant (a.) Uttered, as an element of speech, with tone or proper vocal sound, as distinguished from mere breath sound; intonated; voiced; tonic; the opposite of nonvocal, or surd; -- sid of the vowels, semivowels, liquids, and nasals, and particularly of the consonants b, d, g hard, v, etc., as compared with their cognates p, t, k, f, etc., which are called nonvocal, surd, or aspirate..

Cognate :: Cognate (n.) One of a number of things allied in origin or nature; as, certain letters are cognates..

Cognate :: Cognate (a.) Of the same or a similar nature; of the same family; proceeding from the same stock or root; allied; kindred; as, a cognate language..

Cognate :: Cognate (a.) Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (Law), related on the mother's side..

Sleep :: Sleep (v. t.) To be slumbering in; -- followed by a cognate object; as, to sleep a dreamless sleep..

Cognateness :: Cognateness (n.) The state of being cognate.

Native :: Native (a.) Naturally related; cognate; connected (with).

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