akind

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Definition of akind

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete form of akin .
    “Oh villaine intolerable! whereby, as by their perſecuting the Goſpell, they moſt liuely ſhew themſelues to bee vtter aduerſaries to Chriſt, and to bee moſt neare akind to them who commit the ſinne againſt which we ſhould not pray, that cannot bee forgiuen.”
    “[…] And the Reaſon why the Lutherans inclined to the humour of the Papiſts; was partly to get the upper-hand of the Calviniſts, and partly becauſe their Ceremonies were ſo near akind to the Popiſh Ceremonies: […]”
    “If the creature which took a body by the incarnation were the firſt and greateſt creature that was ever created, he was no more a man, no more like and akind to the human race, or the nature of man, than the angels; but was more diſtant from than they, as he was much greater nd higher than they.”

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Etymology

An alteration of akin, influenced by kind.

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