Chapter Coessentiality to Cognati of C by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Cognac
(Co"gnac`) n. [F.] A kind of French brandy, so called from the town of Cognac.

Cognate
(Cog"nate) a. [L. cognatus; co- + gnatus, natus, p. p. of nasci, anciently gnasci, to be born. See Nation, and cf. Connate.]

1. Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (Law), related on the mother's side.

2. Of the same or a similar nature; of the same family; proceeding from the same stock or root; allied; kindred; as, a cognate language.

Cognate
(Cog"nate), n.

1. (Law) One who is related to another on the female side. Wharton.

2. One of a number of things allied in origin or nature; as, certain letters are cognates.

Cognateness
(Cog"nate*ness), n. The state of being cognate.

Cognati
(||Cog*na"ti) n. pl. [L.] (Law) Relatives by the mother's side. Wharton.