enatic
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e·nate
(ĭ-nāt′, ē′nāt′)adj.
1. Growing outward.
2. also e·nat·ic (ĭ-năt′ĭk) Related on the mother's side.
n.
A relative on one's mother's side.
[Latin ēnātus, past participle of ēnāscī, to issue forth : ē-, ex-, ex- + nāscī, to be born; see genə- in Indo-European roots.]
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Adj. | 1. | enatic - related on the mother's side; "my maternal grandmother" related - connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage |
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