Cognation

Full definition of cognation

Noun

1. a cognate relationship
• 1662, Henry More, , Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 54:"... these stones, I say, gratifie our sight, as having a nearer cognation with the Soul of Man, that is Rational and Intellectual, and therefore is well pleased when it meets with any outward Object that fits and agrees with those congenite Ideas her own nature is furnished with."