Germane

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Germane \Ger*mane"\, a. [See {German} akin, nearly related.]
     Literally, near akin; hence, closely allied; appropriate or
     fitting; relevant.
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           The phrase would be more germane to the matter. --Shak.


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           [An amendment] must be germane.          --Barclay
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  germane
       adj : having close kinship and appropriateness; "he asks questions
             that are germane and central to the issue" [syn: {germane(p)},
              {related}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  47 Moby Thesaurus words for "germane":
     a propos, ad rem, admissible, affiliated, agnate, akin, allied,
     appertaining, applicable, applying, apposite, appropriate, apropos,
     avuncular, belonging, closely related, cognate, collateral,
     congeneric, consanguine, consanguinean, consanguineous,
     distantly related, enate, foster, german, in point, involving,
     kindred, material, matrilateral, matrilineal, matroclinous,
     novercal, of the blood, patrilateral, patrilineal, patroclinous,
     pertaining, pertinent, related, relevant, sib, sibling,
     to the point, to the purpose, uterine