a. 1. related by blood; descended from a common ancestor; -- used as a term of relation between two people.
Syn. -- akin(predicate), blood-related, cognate, consanguineous, kin(predicate). [ PJC + WordNet 1.5 ]

2. (Law) having the same father but different mothers; -- contrasted with uterine{ 2 } and german. [ PJC ]

a. Of the same blood; related by birth. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of kin blood; related. [ R. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. conguineus; con- + sanguis blood: cf. F. consanguin. See Sanquine. ] Of the same blood; related by birth; descended from the same parent or ancestor. Shak.
Syn. -- consanguine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. consanguinitas: cf. F. consanguintité. ] The relation of persons by blood, in distinction from affinity or relation by marriage; blood relationship; as, lineal consanguinity; collateral consanguinity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Invoking aid by the ties of consanguinity. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To stain or cover with blood; to make bloody, or of a blood-red color; as, an ensanguined hue. “The ensanguined field.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Bloodless. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Destitute of blood; anæmic; exsanguious. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) Privation or destitution of blood; -- opposed to plethora. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Exsanguious. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. exsanguis; ex out + sanguis, sanguinis, blood. Cf. Exsanguineous. ] 1. Destitute of blood. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zoöl.) Destitute of true, or red, blood, as insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. sanguis blood + -ferous. ] (Physiol.) Conveying blood; as, sanguiferous vessels, i. e., the arteries, veins, capillaries. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. sanguification. See Sanguify. ] (Physiol.) The production of blood; the conversion of the products of digestion into blood; hematosis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A producer of blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. sanguis blood + fluere to flow. ] Flowing or running with blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. sanguis blood + -fy: cf. F. sanguifier. ] To produce blood from. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. sanguis + -genous. ] Producing blood; as, sanguigenous food. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Of a blood-red color; sanguine. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Sanguinary, a. & n. ] 1. (Bot.) A genus of plants of the Poppy family. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Sanguinaria Canadensis, or bloodroot, is the only species. It has a perennial rootstock, which sends up a few roundish lobed leaves and solitary white blossoms in early spring. See Bloodroot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The rootstock of the bloodroot, used in medicine as an emetic, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a sanguinary manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being sanguinary. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. sanguinarius, fr. sanguis blood: cf. F. sanguinaire. ] 1. Attended with much bloodshed; bloody; murderous; as, a sanguinary war, contest, or battle. [ 1913 Webster ]

We may not propagate religion by wars, or by sanguinary persecutions to force consciences. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Bloodthirsty; cruel; eager to shed blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

Passion . . . makes us brutal and sanguinary. Broome. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Bloody; murderous; bloodthirsty; cruel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. herba sanguinaria an herb that stanches blood: cf. F. sanguinaire. See Sanguinary, a. ] (Bot.) (a) The yarrow. (b) The Sanguinaria. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. sanguin, L. sanguineus, fr. sanguis blood. Cf. Sanguineous. ] 1. Having the color of blood; red. [ 1913 Webster ]

Of his complexion he was sanguine. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Like to that sanguine flower inscribed with woe. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood; as, a sanguine bodily temperament. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Warm; ardent; as, a sanguine temper. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Anticipating the best; cheerfully optimistic; not desponding; confident; full of hope; as, sanguine of success; a sanguine disposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Warm; ardent; lively; confident; hopeful; optimistic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Blood color; red. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Anything of a blood-red color, as cloth. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

In sanguine and in pes he clad was all. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Min.) Bloodstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Red crayon. See the Note under Crayon, 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To stain with blood; to impart the color of blood to; to ensanguine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Destitute of blood; pale. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a sanguine manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

I can not speculate quite so sanguinely as he does. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being sanguine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. sanguineus. See Sanguine. ] 1. Abounding with blood; sanguine. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to blood; bloody; constituting blood. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Blood-red; crimson. Keats. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being sanguine; sanguineness. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. sanguis + vorare to devour. ] Subsisting on blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being sanguinolent, or bloody. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. sanguinolentus, from sanguis blood: cf. F. sanguinolent. ] Tinged or mingled with blood; bloody; as, sanguinolent sputa. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. sanguisuga; sanguis blood + sugere to suck. ] (Zool.) A bloodsucker, or leech. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. sanguis blood + vorare to devour. ] (Zool.) Subsisting upon blood; -- said of certain blood-sucking bats and other animals. See Vampire. [ 1913 Webster ]

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