COEVAL

a. n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

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.

2.
n.

One of the same age; a contemporary. As if it were not enough to have outdone all your coevals in wit. Pope.


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