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Definition
relating to a mother; or characteristic of parents — such as to care for and help to develop
- Charity carried the friendless thing to the house of its rich maternal relations; it was reared by an aunt-in-law, called (I come to names now) Mrs. Reed of Gateshead.Chapter 33 (24% in)
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