Hypertext Webster Gateway: "coeval"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Coeval \Co*e"val\, a. [L. coaevus; co- + aevum lifetime, age.
See {Age}, n.]
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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Coeval \Co*e"val\, n.
One of the same age; a contemporary.

As if it were not enough to have outdone all your
coevals in wit. --Pope.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

coeval
adj : of the same period [syn: {coetaneous}, {contemporaneous}]
n : a person of nearly the same age as another [syn: {contemporary}]


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