"Affinity" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
At oommon law. Relationship by marriage between the husband and the blood relations of the wife, and be-tween the wife and the blood relations of the husband. 1 Bl. Comm. 434; Bollnger v. Earle, 45 N. Y. Super. CL 80; Tegarden v. Phillips (Ind. App.) 39 N. E. 212
Relationship by marriage (as between a husband and his
wife's blood relations, or between a wife and her husband's blood
relations); -- in contradistinction to consanguinity, or relationship
by blood; -- followed by with, to, or between.
Kinship generally; close agreement; relation; conformity;
resemblance; connection; as, the affinity of sounds, of colors, or of
languages.
A relation between species or highe/ groups dependent on
resemblance in the whole plan of structure, and indicating community of
origin.
Companionship; acquaintance.
A superior spiritual relationship or attraction held to
exist sometimes between persons, esp. persons of the opposite sex;
also, the man or woman who exerts such psychical or spiritual
attraction.
That attraction which takes place, at an insensible
distance, between the heterogeneous particles of bodies, and unites
them to form chemical compounds; chemism; chemical or elective affinity
or attraction.
Kitai blinked slowly. "Why would you use the same word for these things? That is ridiculous.""We have a lot of words like that," Tavi said. "They can mean more than one thing.""That is stupid," Kitai said. "It is difficult enough to communicate without making it more complicated with words that mean more than one thing.
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Of the same kin; related by blood; -- used of persons; as, the two families are near akin.
Read the complete definitionA prefix, or combining form, in numerous compounds, usually relating to seed or blood vessels, or to something contained in, …
Read the complete definitionOf or relating to anthrax; as, anthracic blood.
Read the complete definitionbánay n {1} immediate family consisting of parents and their children. {2} family consisting of ascendants, descendants, and lateral relations …
Read the complete definitionKindred; consanguinity; fam-lly relationship; relation by descent from a
Read the complete definitionAny animal that sucks blood; esp., the leech (Hirudo medicinalis), and related species.
Read the complete definitionThe movement of the blood in the blood-vascular system, by which it is brought into close relations with almost every …
Read the complete definitionAllied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (Law), related on the mother's side.
Read the complete definitionA relation; esp. a person connected with another by marriage rather than by blood; -- used in a loose and …
Read the complete definitionRelations by blood or marriage, but more commonly the relations of a person with whom one ls connected by marriage. …
Read the complete definitionOf the same blood; related by birth.
Read the complete definitionOf kin blood; related.
Read the complete definitionOf the same blood; related by birth; descended from the same parent or ancestor.
Read the complete definitionThe relation of persons by blood, in distinction from affinity or relation by marriage; blood relationship; as, lineal consanguinity; collateral …
Read the complete definitionA certain distance or remove in the line of descent, determining the proximity of blood; one remove in the chain …
Read the complete definitionRelating to Draco, the Athenian lawgiver; or to the constellation Draco; or to dragon's blood.
Read the complete definitiondugù n {1} blood. May dugù siyang Katsílà, He has Spanish blood. {2} blood from menstruation. Kusug kug dugù human …
Read the complete definitionRelated on the side of both par-ents; of the whole blood. Hale, Com. Law, c. IL
Read the complete definitionRelating to nourishment; affording, receiving, or sharing nourishment or nurture; -- applied to father, mother, child, brother, etc., to indicate …
Read the complete definitionCombining forms indicating relation or resemblance to blood, association with blood; as, haemapod, haematogenesis, haemoscope.
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