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enate

e·nate [  nàyt ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
maternally related: related through the mother



noun  (plural e·nates)
Definition:
 
somebody maternally related: somebody related on the mother's side

[Mid-17th century. < Latin enatus, past participle of enasci "issue out, be born"]
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