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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 1.6 [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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