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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

coaevus

;

co-

aevum

lifetime, age. See

Noun.

]

Of the same age; existing during the same period of time, especially time long and remote; – usually followed by with.

Silence!

coeval

with eternity!

Pope.

Oaks

coeval

spread a mournful shade.

Cowper.

Noun.

One of the same age; a contemporary.

As if it were not enough to have outdone all your

coevals

in wit.

Pope.

Adj.

Of the same age; beginning to exist at the same time; of equal age; usually and properly followed by with.

Noun.

One of the same age; one who begins to exist at the same time. It is not properly used as synonymous with cotemporary.