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Temporarity. [Obs.] Hallywell.

he great age of Jewish philosophy, that of Aben Esra, Maimonides, and Kimchi, had been contemporaneous with the later Spanish school of Arabic philosophy. Milman - Con*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ness, n.

At the same time with some other event.

Living or being at the same time; contemporaneous. -- Co*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Co*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ness, n.

Contemporaneous. [Obs.] Boyle.

nt, or without previous study; unpremeditated; off-hand; extempore; extemporary; as, an extemporaneous address or production. -- Ex*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Ex*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ness,n.

Of the same age; beginning to exist at the same time; contemporaneous. -- Co`e*ta"ne*ous*ly, adv. And all [members of the body] are coetaneous. Bentley.

To occur at the same time; to be contemporaneous; as, the fall of Granada coincided with the discovery of America.

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.

The state of being contemporaneous. The lines of contemporaneity in the oölitic system. J. Philips.

Existence at the same time; contemporaneousness. Howell.

ng, occuring, or existing, at the same time; done in, or belonging to, the same times; contemporaneous. This king [Henry VIII.] was contemporary with the greatest monarchs of Europe. Strype.

ebating society or club, a society or club for the purpose of debate and improvement in extemporaneous speaking.

Contemporaneous in origin; as, the equivalent strata of different countries.

Extemporaneous; unpremeditated. [Obs.] B. Jonson. -- Ex*tem"po*ral*ly, adv. [Obs.]

Extemporaneous. [Obs] Burton.

Extemporaneously.

Extemporaneous. "In extemporary prayer." Fuller.

previous study or meditation; without preparation; on the spur of the moment; suddenly; extemporaneously; as, to write or speak extempore. Shak. -- a.

Offhand; without previous study; extemporaneous; extempore; as, an impromptu verse.