Co`e*ta"ne*an (?), n. A person coetaneous with another; a contemporary. [R.]

A . . . coetanean of the late earl of Southampton.

Aubrey.

Co`e*ta"ne*ous (?), a. [L. coaetaneus; co- + aetas age.] 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.

Co`e*ter"nal (?), a. Equally eternal. -- Co`e*ter"nal*ly, adv.

Hail, holy Light, offspring of Heaven first born!

Or of the Eternal coeternal beam.

Milton.

Co`e*ter"ni*ty (?), n. Existence from eternity equally with another eternal being; equal eternity.

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.

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.

Co*e"vous (?), a. Coeval [Obs.] South.

Co`ex*ec"u*tor (?), n. A joint executor.

Co`ex*ec"u*trix (?), n. A joint executrix.

Co`ex*ist (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Coexisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Coexisting.] To exist at the same time; -- sometimes followed by with.

Of substances no one has any clear idea, farther than of certain simple ideas coexisting together.

Locke.

So much purity and integrity . . . coexisting with so much decay and so many infirmities.

Warburton.

Co`ex*ist"ence (?), n. Existence at the same time with another; -- contemporary existence.

Without the help, or so much as the coexistence, of any condition.

Jer. Taylor.

Co`ex*ist"ent (?), a. Existing at the same time with another. -- n. That which coexists with another.

The law of coexistent vibrations.

Whewell.

Co`ex*ist"ing, a. Coexistent. Locke.

Co`ex*tend, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coextended; p. pr. & vb. n. Coextending.] To extend through the same space or time with another; to extend to the same degree.

According to which the least body may be coextended with the greatest.

Boyle.

Has your English language one single word that is coextended through all these significations?

Bentley.

Co`ex*ten"sion (kō`&ebreve;ks*t&ebreve;n"shŭn), n. The act of extending equally, or the state of being equally extended.

Co`ex*ten"sive (?), a. Equally extensive; having equal extent; as, consciousness and knowledge are coextensive. Sir W. Hamilton. -- Co`ex*ten"sive*ly, adv. -- Co`ex*ten"sive*ness, n.

Cof"fee (?; 115), n. [Turk. qahveh, Ar. qahuah wine, coffee, a decoction of berries. Cf. CafÚ.] 1. The "beans" or "berries" (pyrenes) obtained from the drupes of a small evergreen tree of the genus Coffea, growing in Abyssinia, Arabia, Persia, and other warm regions of Asia and Africa, and also in tropical America.

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