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.
⇒ This adjective is used only after the noun.
© Webster 1913.