consanguine an (kon sang gwine an)

[As consanguine + -an.] Same as consanguineous, 2. Half-blood is either consanguine an, as between children by the same father, or uterine, as between children having Encyc. Brit., XIII. 78. the same mother. consanguineous (kon-sang-gwin'ē-us), a. [=F. consanguin = Sp. cons an gui neo = Pg. It. cons an gui neo, Am I not consanguineous? am I not of her blood? Shak., T. N., ii. 3. More specifically-2. Of the same father by different wives; characterized by this relation. Also consanguine an. Maine.-3. Pertaining to or affected by the relation of consanguinity. When the principles of breeding and of inheritance are better understood, we shall not hear ignorant members of our legislature rejecting with scorn a plan for ascertaining by an easy method whether or not consanguineous marriages are injurious to man. Darwin, Descent of Man, II. 385. Milton , P. R., 1. 46. To resign conquests is a task as difficult in a beauty as an hero. Steele , Spectator, No. 306. 5. In feudal law, acquest; acquisition; the acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance, or the acquisition of property by a number in community or by one for all the others.-6. In Scots law, heritable property acquired in any other way than by heritage, as by purchase, donation, etc.; or, with reference to a marriage contract, heritable property subsequently acquired. - The Conquest, by preeminence, in Eng. hist., the conquest or acquisition of England by William, Duke of Normandy (afterward William I., or William the Conqueror), in 1066.