Silence! coeval with eternity! --Pope.
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Oaks coeval spread a mournful shade. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Coeval — Co*e val, n. One of the same age; a contemporary. [1913 Webster] As if it were not enough to have outdone all your coevals in wit. Pope. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
coeval — index concerted, concurrent (at the same time), contemporaneous, simultaneous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
coeval — having the same age, formed in English early 17c. from L.L. coaevus, from L. com equal (see CO (Cf. co )) + aevum an age (see EON (Cf. eon)). As a noun from c.1600 … Etymology dictionary
coeval — coetaneous, synchronous, concurrent, simultaneous, coincident, concomitant, *contemporary, contemporaneous … New Dictionary of Synonyms
coeval — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ having the same age or date of origin; contemporary. ► NOUN ▪ a person of roughly the same age as oneself; a contemporary. ORIGIN Latin coaevus, from co in common + aevum age … English terms dictionary
coeval — [kō ē′vəl] adj. [< LL(Ec) coævus < L co , together + aevum, an AGE + AL] of the same age or period; contemporary n. a contemporary SYN. CONTEMPORARY coevally adv … English World dictionary
Coeval — Wikipedia does not have an encyclopedia article for Coeval (search results). You may want to read Wiktionary s entry on coeval instead.wiktionary:Special:Search/coeval … Wikipedia
Coeval — Of the same or equal age or duration. For example, the two elderly men were coeval with one another. Coeval usually refers to coexistence for a very long time. Coeval comes from the Latin coaevus meaning of the same age. Coaevus is derived from… … Medical dictionary
coeval — coevality /koh i val i tee/, n. coevally, adv. /koh ee veuhl/, adj. 1. of the same age, date, or duration; equally old: Analysis has proved that this manuscript is coeval with that one. 2. coincident: Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo were only… … Universalium
coeval — adj., (formal) contemporary coeval with * * * [kəʊ iːv(ə)l] (formal) [ contemporary ] coeval with … Combinatory dictionary
