Enate

Noun

Definitions

1.NounA relative whose relation is traced only through female members of the family.

"A great-grandmother is an enate if she is your mother’s mother's mother."

2.NounAny maternal female relative.

3.AdjectiveRelated to someone by female connections.

4.AdjectiveRelated on the maternal side of the family.

5.AdjectiveHaving identical grammatical structure (but with elements that are semantically different).

6.AdjectiveGrowing out.

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