COINCIDENT

a. n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Having coincidence; occupying the same place; contemporaneous; concurrent; -- followed by with. Christianity teaches nothing but what is perfectly suitable to, and coincident with, the ruling principles of a virtuous and well- inclined man. South.

2.
n.

One of two or more coincident events; a coincidence. [R.] "Coincidents and accidents." Froude.