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grandchildren Nephew Neph"ew (n[e^]f"[-u]; in England n[e^]v"[-u]; 277), n.
[OE. neveu, nevou, nevu, fr. F. neveu, OF. also, nevou, L.
nepos; akin to AS. nefa, D. neef, G. neffe, OHG. nevo, Icel.
nefi a kinsman, gr. ne`podes, pl., brood, young, Skr.
nep[=a]t grandson, descendant. [root]262. Cf. Niece,
Nepotism.]
1. A grandson or grandchild, or remoter lineal descendant.
[Obs.]
But if any widow have children or nephews [Rev. Ver.
grandchildren]. --1 Tim. v. 4.
If naturalists say true that nephews are often liker
to their grandfathers than to their fathers. --Jer.
Taylor.
2. A cousin. [Obs.] --Shak.
3. The son of a brother or a sister, or of a brother-in-law
or sister-in-law. --Chaucer.
