Sekirov Dictionary

akin

UK /əˈkɪn/US /ʌˈkɪn/

adjective 2
verb 1
forms 5

adjective2

•
Allied by nature; similar; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind.
- Is not then Fruition near akin to Love? — 1677
•
Of persons, of the same kin; related by blood.
- [W]e are too near a kin to lye together, tho' vve may Lodge near one another; […] — 1722

verb1

•
(rare) To relate or compare; to liken.
- I like to akin the P-Diddy case to Gen-Z's version of the O.J. Simpson trial.

forms

akinned · akinning · akins · more akin · most akin

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