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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
Example sentences :
  • 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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