congenerous

Example Sentences

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It might be defined likewise an effect, not having its cause in any thing congenerous.

From Literary Remains, Volume 1 by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

But other congenerous vegetables differ so widely in their time of flowering that we cannot but admire.

From The Natural History of Selborne by White, Gilbert

Adj. included, including &c. v.; inclusive; congener, congenerous; of the same class &c.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

For in order to direct the view aright, it behoves that the beholder should have made himself congenerous and similar to the object beheld.

From Biographia Literaria by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

How diversified are the modes of life, not only of incongruous, but even of congenerous animals; and yet their specific distinctions are not more various than their propensities. 

From The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 by Morley, Henry