<i>Sir H. Wotton.</i>
<h1>Cogman</h1> <Xpage=273>
<hw>Cog"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A dealer in cogware or coarse cloth.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Wright.</i>
<h1>Cognac</h1> <Xpage=273>
<hw>Co"gnac`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A kind of French brandy, so called from the town of <i>Cognac</i>.</def>
<h1>Cognate</h1> <Xpage=273>
<hw>Cog"nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cognatus</ets>; <ets>co-</ets> + <ets>gnatus</ets>, <ets>natus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>nasci</ets>, anciently <ets>gnasci</ets>, to be born. See <er>Nation</er>, and cf. <er>Connate</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically <fld>(Law)</fld>, related on the mother's side.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>Of the same or a similar nature; of the same family; proceeding from the same stock or root; allied; kindred; <as>as, a <ex>cognate</ex> language</as>.</def>
<h1>Cognate</h1> <Xpage=273>
<hw>Cog"nate</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>One who is related to another on the female side.</def>
<i>Wharton.</i>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>One of a number of things allied in origin or nature; <as>as, certain letters are <ex>cognates</ex></as>.</def>
<h1>Cognateness</h1> <Xpage=273>
<hw>Cog"nate*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being cognate.</def>
<h1>Cognati</h1> <Xpage=273>
<hw>Cog*na"ti</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Relatives by the mother's side.</def>
<i>Wharton.</i>
<h1>Cognation</h1> <Xpage=273>
<hw>Cog*na"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cognatio</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Relationship by blood; descent from the same original; kindred.</def>
<blockquote>As by our <b>cognation</b> to the body of the first Adam. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>Participation of the same nature.</def>
<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>
<blockquote>A like temper and <b>cognation</b>. <i>Sir K. Digby.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>That tie of consanguinity which exists between persons descended from the same mother; -- used in distinction from <i>agnation</i>.</def>
<h1>Cognatus</h1> <Xpage=273>
<hw>Cog*na"tus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., a kinsman.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A person cinnected through cognation.</def>
<h1>Cognisor ∨, Cognisee</h1> <Xpage=273>
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