| 单词 | next akin |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnext akin next akin n. now rare a person's closest relative or relatives; = next of kin n. ΚΠ 1556 N. Grimald tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Duties i. f. 18v They be iniurious vnto their next akinne. 1700 S. Pepys Let. 12 Apr. in Private Corr. (1926) I. 322 To forfite his whole inheritance.., and transfering the right therof ipso facto to the next akinn. 1760 Mod. Part Universal Hist. XVI. xvii. vii. 374 The next akin succeeds to the effects of the deceased. 1825 S. De Renzy Life, Love, & Politics I. iii. 87 There is, no doubt, somebody who will call himself your next akin, when you are stopped short with a knock on the head! 1847 Times 5 Nov. 1/2 The next akin of Mr. Bodfield..will hear of a trifle to their advantage by a satisfactory answer, post paid, to this advertisement. 1902 N. Amer. Jrnl. Homœopathy 17 417 Sometimes the medicine is consumed by the medicine-man himself, or given to a near friend or the next akin. < as lemmas |
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