a. 男方亲属的, 宗族的

n. 男方亲属

[医] 男系的, 父系的

Agnate \Ag"nate\, n. [Cf. F. agnat.] (Civil Law)
A relative whose relationship can be traced exclusively
through males.


Agnate \Ag"nate\, a. [L. agnatus, p. p. of agnasci to be born in
addition to; ad + nasci (for gnasci) to be born. Cf.
{Adnate}.]
1. Related or akin by the father's side; also, sprung from
the same male ancestor; as, agnate brother: a brother
having the same father, but a different mother; in ths
sense it is a correlative of {uterine}.

2. Allied; akin. ``Agnate words.'' --Pownall.

Assume more or less of a fictitious character, but
congenial and agnate with the former. --Landor.