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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Akin \A*kin"\, a. [Pref. a- (for of) + kin.]
     1. Of the same kin; related by blood; -- used of persons; as,
        the two families are near akin.
  
     2. Allied by nature; partaking of the same properties; of the
        same kind. ``A joy akin to rapture.'' --Cowper.
  
              The literary character of the work is akin to its
              moral character.                      --Jeffrey.
  
     Note: This adjective is used only after the noun.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  akin
       adj 1: similar or related in quality or character; "a feeling akin
              to terror"; "kindred souls"; "the amateur is closely
              related to the collector" [syn: {akin(p)}, {kindred},
              {related}]
       2: related by blood [syn: {akin(p)}, {blood-related}, {cognate},
           {consanguine}, {consanguineous}, {kin(p)}]

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