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.
&fist; This adjective is used only after the noun.