Neph"ew (n&ebreve;f"&usl;; in England
n&ebreve;v"&usl;; 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.
nepāt grandson, descendant. √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.
