a-kin

comparative more a-kin · superlative most a-kin

1. obsoleteObsolete form of akin.

   There prevailed in that age an opinion which was a-kin to its other ſuperſtitions, that the royal unction was eſſential to the exerciſe of royal power: […]

   1786, David Hume, The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the Revolution in 1688, volume I, London: […] T. Cadell, […], page 413

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   A ſecond observation out of theſe words, and near a-kin to the former is; That it is not enough for a Chriſtian to live harmleſly, and abſtain from ill, but he muſt do that which is good.

   1648, Joseph Mede, The Works of That Reverend, Iudicious, and Learned Divine, Mʳ Ioseph Mede, B.D. Late Fellow of Christs Colledge in Cambridge. […], London: […] M. F. for John Clark, […], page 275

   Sabellicus relateth, in his 7th. Book, Ennead. 6. under Martin the 4th. P. R. of one who was a-kin to the Pope, that brought forth a hairy boy, who had claws like a Bear: […]

   1670, Wolfgangus Franzius, translated by N. W., The History of Brutes; or, A Description of Living Creatures. Wherein the Nature and Properties of Four-footed Beasts Are at Large Described, London: […] E. Okes, for Francis Haley, […], page 251