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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Originating or existing during the same period; lasting through the same era.
  2. n. One of the same era or period; a contemporary.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Of the same age; having lived for an equal period.
  2. Existing from the same point of time; coincident in duration: followed by with, sometimes by to.
  3. Coincident in time; contemporary; synchronous: followed by with.
  4. Synonyms Coeval, Contemporaneous. Coeval is more commonly applied to things, contemporaneous to persons; but the distinction is not a rigid one.
  5. n. One of the same age or period; a contemporary in age or active existence.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. Of the same age; contemporary.
  2. n. Something of the same era or age.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Of the same age; existing during the same period of time, especially time long and remote; -- usually followed by with.
  2. n. One of the same age; a contemporary.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. of the same period
  2. n. a person of nearly the same age as another

Etymologies

  1. Late Latin coævus, from Latin: com- ("equal") in combination with aevum ("age"). (Wiktionary)
  2. From Late Latin coaevus : co-, co- + aevum, age; see aiw- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • yarb The pleasure of talking is the inextinguishable passion of woman, coeval with the act of breathing.

    - Lesage, The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, tr. Smollett, bk 7 ch. 7 Sep 30, 2008

  • sarra Another specific person! Sep 17, 2008

  • dontcry Another what? May 30, 2008

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