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a•kin
Pronunciation: (u-kin'), [key]—
adj.
1. of kin; related by blood (usually used predicatively):
cousins who were too closely akin for marriage.
2. allied by nature; having the same properties:
Something akin to vertigo was troubling her.
3. having or showing an affinity; kindred:
They are emotionally but not intellectually akin. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.