Found 2 items, similar to agnate.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: agnate agnate adj : related on the father's side; “a paternal aunt” [syn: agnatic, paternal] n : one related on the father's side [syn: patrikin, patrilineal kin , patrisib, patrilineal sib]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Agnate Agnate \Ag"nate\, n. [Cf. F. agnat.] (Civil Law) A relative whose relationship can be traced exclusively through males. [1913 Webster] Agnate \Ag"nate\, a. [L. agnatus, p. p. of agnasci to be born in addition to; ad + nasci (for gnasci) to be born. Cf. Adnate.] 1. Related or akin by the father's side; also, sprung from the same male ancestor; as, agnate brother: a brother having the same father, but a different mother; in ths sense it is a correlative of uterine. [1913 Webster] 2. Allied; akin. “Agnate words.” --Pownall. [1913 Webster] Assume more or less of a fictitious character, but congenial and agnate with the former. --Landor. [1913 Webster]