"Family" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
A collective body of .persons who live ln one house and under one head or management. Jarboe v. Jarboe, 106 Mo. App. 459, 79 S. W. 1162; Dodge v. Boston A P. It Corp., 154 Mass. 299. 28 N. E. 243, 13 L. R. A. 318; Tyson v. Reynolds, 52 Iowa, 431, 3 N. W. 469
Honorable descent; noble or respectable stock; as, a man
of family.
Those who descend from one common progenitor; a tribe,
clan, or race; kindred; house; as, the human family; the family of
Abraham; the father of a family.
The collective body of persons who live in one house,
and under one head or manager; a household, including parents,
children, and servants, and, as the case may be, lodgers or boarders.
A group of kindred or closely related individuals; as, a
family of languages; a family of States; the chlorine family.
A group of organisms, either animal or vegetable,
related by certain points of resemblance in structure or development,
more comprehensive than a genus, because it is usually based on fewer
or less pronounced points of likeness. In zoology a family is less
comprehesive than an order; in botany it is often considered the same
thing as an order.
Course of descent; genealogy; line of ancestors;
lineage.
The group comprising a husband and wife and their
dependent children, constituting a fundamental unit in the organization
of society.
Far greater than all the material possessions that I possess, is my Freedom to Choose, my Freedom to Live, and my Freedom to be Happy.- RVM
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abandunar v [A3P; c1] abandon, neglect. Nag-abandunar na lang siya sa íyang kaugalíngun sukad mamatay ang íyang asáwa, He neglected …
Read the complete definitionabay v {1} [AC; b6] move along together with s.t. moving. Lagmit hiligsan ang bátà kay nag-abay sa tartanilya, The …
Read the complete definitionTo disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit.
Read the complete definitionOf, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the acanthus is the type.
Read the complete definitionThe order that includes rapacious birds. They have a hooked bill, and sharp, strongly curved talons. There are three families, …
Read the complete definitionA genus in the family Actinidae.
Read the complete definitionAn animal of the class Anthozoa, and family Actinidae. From a resemblance to flowers in form and color, they are …
Read the complete definitionA genus of plants of the family Ranunculaceae, containing the pheasant's eye (Adonis autumnalis); -- named from Adonis, whose blood …
Read the complete definitionThe act of one who takes another’s child into his own family, treating hlm as hls own, and giving hlm …
Read the complete definitionTo adopt; to receive into a family as a son; hence, to bring or receive into close connection; to ally.
Read the complete definitionAdoption; association or reception as a member in or of the same family or society.
Read the complete definitionágad = alágad. paN- v [A2; b6] for a prospective bridegroom to stay in the girls place just prior to …
Read the complete definitionágda - To invite, to ask or request one’s presence. Agdahá siá. Invite him. Ginágda mo na ang tanán mo …
Read the complete definitionIn Saxon law. A guest at an lnn, who, haviug stayed there for three nlghts, was then accounted one of …
Read the complete definitionThe act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement; …
Read the complete definition1. to do the action denoted by the stem to each other. Nagpinnakawan da. They forgave each other. 2. to …
Read the complete definitionA genus of plants of the Rose family.
Read the complete definitionagut a {1} simple-minded. Dalì mutúu ang agut, The simple-minded fool believes anything you tell him. {2} slow, stunted in …
Read the complete definitionagwáda agwadahan n {1} the pole carried on the shoulder with a can on each end. {2} the cans used …
Read the complete definitionOf the same kin; related by blood; -- used of persons; as, the two families are near akin.
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