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coeval

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co·e·val  (k-vl)
adj.
Originating or existing during the same period; lasting through the same era.
n.
One of the same era or period; a contemporary.

[From Late Latin coaevus : co-, co- + aevum, age; see aiw- in Indo-European roots.]

co·eval·ly adv.

coeval [kəʊˈiːvəl]
adj
of or belonging to the same age or generation
n
a contemporary
[from Late Latin coaevus from Latin co- + aevum age]
coevality  [ˌkəʊɪˈvælɪtɪ] n
coevally  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.coeval - a person of nearly the same age as another
compeer, equal, peer, match - a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
Adj.1.coeval - of the same period
synchronal, synchronic, synchronous - occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase; "recovery was synchronous with therapy"- Jour.A.M.A.; "a synchronous set of clocks"; "the synchronous action of a bird's wings in flight"; "synchronous oscillations"
Translations
coeval [kəʊˈiːvəl]
A. ADJcoetáneo (with de) → contemporáneo (with de)
B. Ncoetáneo/a m/f, contemporáneo/a m/f
coeval (form)
adjder gleichen Periode or Zeit (with wie); manuscripts, authors etc alsozeitgenössisch attr
nZeitgenosse m


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These structures bear every indication of a very high antiquity and Kory-Kory, who was my authority in all matters of scientific research, gave me to understand that they were coeval with the creation of the world; that the great gods themselves were the builders; and that they would endure until time shall be no more.
An old woman, who seemed coeval with the building, and greatly resembled her whom Chamont mentions in the Orphan, received us at the gate, and in a howl scarce human, and to me unintelligible, welcomed her master home.
They were coeval with the coureurs des bois, or rangers of the woods, already noticed, and, like them, in the intervals of their long, arduous, and laborious expeditions, were prone to pass their time in idleness and revelry about the trading posts or settlements; squandering their hard earnings in heedless conviviality, and rivaling their neighbors, the Indians, in indolent indulgence and an imprudent disregard of the morrow.
 
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