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Adopt
verb · 78% connection
To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.; esp. to take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: custom, certain, barbarous, tribes, woman.
Adoption
noun · 78% connection
a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood; the adopted child is entitled to all pri…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: custom, certain, barbarous, tribes, woman.
Affinity
noun · 78% connection
Relationship by marriage (as between a husband and his wife's blood relations, or between a wife and her husband's blood relations); -…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: custom, certain, barbarous, tribes, woman.
Algonkin
noun · 78% connection
One of a widely spread family of Indians, including many distinct tribes, which formerly occupied most of the northern and eastern par…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: custom, certain, barbarous, tribes, woman.
Barbarous
adjective · 78% connection
Being in the state of a barbarian; uncivilized; rude; peopled with barbarians; as, a barbarous people; a barbarous country.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: custom, certain, barbarous, tribes, woman.
Baron
noun · 78% connection
A husband; as, baron and feme, husband and wife.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: custom, certain, barbarous, tribes, woman.
Bastard
noun · 78% connection
A "natural" child; a child begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate child; one born of an illicit union.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: custom, certain, barbarous, tribes, woman.
Birth
noun · 78% connection
the time when something begins (especially life); "they divorced after the birth of the child"; "his election signaled the birth of a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: custom, certain, barbarous, tribes, woman.
Bond
noun · 78% connection
A writing under seal, by which a person binds himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay a certain sum on or before a f…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: custom, certain, barbarous, tribes, woman.
Born
verb · 78% connection
Having from birth a certain character; by or from birth; by nature; innate; as, a born liar.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: custom, certain, barbarous, tribes, woman.
Brother-in-law
noun · 78% connection
The brother of one's husband or wife; also, the husband of one's sister; sometimes, the husband of one's wife's sister.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: custom, certain, barbarous, tribes, woman.
Child
noun · 78% connection
One who, by character of practice, shows signs of relationship to, or of the influence of, another; one closely connected with a place…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: custom, certain, barbarous, tribes, woman.
Condonation
noun · 78% connection
Forgiveness, either express or implied, by a husband of his wife or by a wife of her husband, for a breach of marital duty, as adulter…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: custom, certain, barbarous, tribes, woman.
Congenital
adjective · 78% connection
Existing at, or dating from, birth; pertaining to one from birth; born with one; connate; constitutional; natural; as, a congenital de…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: custom, certain, barbarous, tribes, woman.
Curtesy
noun · 78% connection
the life estate which a husband has in the lands of his deceased wife, which by the common law takes effect where he has had issue by…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: custom, certain, barbarous, tribes, woman.
Dowager
noun · 78% connection
A widow endowed, or having a jointure; a widow who either enjoys a dower from her deceased husband, or has property of her own brought…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: custom, certain, barbarous, tribes, woman.
Faithful
adjective · 78% connection
True and constant in affection or allegiance to a person to whom one is bound by a vow, be ties of love, gratitude, or honor, as to a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: custom, certain, barbarous, tribes, woman.
Fetish
noun · 78% connection
A material object supposed among certain African tribes to represent in such a way, or to be so connected with, a supernatural being,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: custom, certain, barbarous, tribes, woman.
