Read full poem →Was even increase of pain.
The last was Fear, that is akin to Death;
He is Shame's friend, and always as Shame saith
Dictionary Entry
(of persons) Of the same kin; related by blood.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. akinakin somethingakin closelyakin somewhatakin much
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Poetry examples for “akin”
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Read full poem →The nameless and eternal tragedies
That render hope and hopelessness akin.
Read full poem →Teaching us, by most persuasive reasons,
How akin they are to human things.
Read full poem →Its little smoke, in pallid moonshine, died; 200
She closed the door, she panted, all akin
To spirits of the air, and visions wide :
Read full poem →Its little smoke, in pallid moonshine, died: 200
She clos'd the door, she panted, all akin
To spirits of the air, and visions wide:
Read full poem →So there they let their lives be narrowed in
By thousands the bad weather made akin.
The road became a channel running flocks
Read full poem →Till the pretty work was done ;
And the house seemed akin to the bright, clear
air,
Read full poem →Choosing forgetfulness, hating the truth
That says you are akin to needy men ? —
Read full poem →Powhatan was emperor.
He was akin to wolf and bee,
Brother of the hickory tree.