Associations to the word «Cognation»

Wiktionary

COGNATION, noun. A cognate relationship

Dictionary definition

COGNATION, noun. Line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family.
COGNATION, noun. (anthropology) related by blood.

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn