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3 definitions found 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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