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† coˈevous, a. Obs.
Also coævous.
[f. L. coæv-us coeve + -ous.]
= coeval.
1655–60Stanley Hist. Philos. III. i. 60 Coævous society. 1662Stillingfl. Orig. Sacr. ii. ii. §9 Can we then think Noah ignorant of the ancient tradition of the world when his Father was so long coævous with Adam. 1697in Somers Tracts I. 65 This Great Council bears a Date, coævous perhaps with the Originals of our Government.
Hence † coˈevousness, equality of age, coevality.
1660S. Fisher Rusticks Alarm Wks. (1679) 303 Their Coævousness with the immediate Manuscripts. |