enate

e·nate

E0122500 (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.

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[Latin ēnātus, past participle of ēnāscī, to issue forth : ē-, ex-, ex- + nāscī, to be born; see genə- in Indo-European roots.]

enate

(ˈiːneɪt) adj1. (Biology) biology growing out or outwards2. (Genetics) related on the side of the mothern (Genetics) a relative on the mother's side[C17: from Latin ēnātus, from ēnāscī to be born from, from nāscī to be born]

e•nate

(ˈi neɪt)

n. 1. a person related on one's mother's side. adj. 2. Also, e•nat•ic (iˈnæt ɪk) related on one's mother's side. [1660–70; < Latin ēnātus, past participle of ēnāscī to spring forth =ē- e- + nāscī to be born]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	enate - one related on the mother's side matrikin, matrilineal kin, matrilineal sib, matrisibrelative, relation - a person related by blood or marriage; "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey"
Adj.	1.	enate - related on the mother's side; "my maternal grandmother"enatic, maternalrelated - connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage