Coeval
[kəʊ'iːv(ə)l] or [ko'ivl]
Definition
(n.) Of the same age; existing during the same period of time, especially time long and remote; -- usually followed by with.
(n.) One of the same age; a contemporary.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Coetaneous, of the same age.
Typist: Zamenhof
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See COETANEOUS]
Typist: Lycurgus
Definition
adj. of the same age.—n. one of the same age: a contemporary.
Editor: Winthrop
Examples
- Devices for extinguishing fire are almost coeval with that element itself. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The making of cloth may be said to be coeval with history. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Wells were coeval with Abraham when his servant had the celebrated interview with Rebecca. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The type-printing telegraph was coeval with the dial, and originated with Morse and Vail as early as 1837. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
Typist: Naomi