Assume more or less of a fictitious character, but congenial and agnate with the former.
Landor.
Ag"nate, n. [Cf. F. agnat.] (Civil Law) A relative whose relationship can be traced exclusively through males.
Ag*nat"ic (&?;), a. [Cf. F. agnatique.] Pertaining to descent by the male line of ancestors. "The agnatic succession." Blackstone.
Ag*na"tion (&?;), n. [L. agnatio: cf. F. agnation.] 1. (Civil Law) Consanguinity by a line of males only, as distinguished from cognation. Bouvier.
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Ag*ni"tion (g*nsh"n), n. [L. agnitio, fr. agnoscere. See Notion.] Acknowledgment. [Obs.] Grafton.
Ag*nize" (g*nz"), v. t. [Formed like recognize, fr. L. agnoscere.] To recognize; to acknowledge. [Archaic]
I do agnize a natural and prompt alacrity.
Shak.
Ag`noi*ol"o*gy (g`noi*l"*j), n. [Gr. 'a`gnoia ignorance + -logy.] (Metaph.) The doctrine concerning those things of which we are necessarily ignorant.
||Ag*no"men (g*n"mn), n. [L.; ad + nomen name.] 1. An additional or fourth name given by the Romans, on account of some remarkable exploit or event; as, Publius Caius Scipio Africanus.