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coexist, v.|kəʊɛgˈzɪst|
[f. co- + exist; cf. F. coexister.]
a. intr. To exist together or in conjunction; to exist at the same time, in the same place, etc., with (rarely † to, † unto) another.
1677Hale Prim. Orig. Man. i. iv. 109 The three Stars that coexist in Heavenly Constellations are a multitude of stars. Ibid. 107 They [Generations of Mankind] never co-exist, but are successive. 1690Locke (J.), Of substances no one has any clear idea, farther than of certain simple ideas coexisting together. 1809–10Coleridge Friend (1865) 22 No real greatness can coexist with deceit.
b. Of political or economic systems (see next).
1931Economist 4 July 23/2 The question may then well arise whether the plan-economy of Russia and the capitalist economy of Western Europe can co-exist in amity. 1957Listener 5 Dec. 929/1 We have not yet achieved a way of coexisting in real peace with the Soviet Union. 1958Bull. Atomic Sci. Dec. 410/1 It seems unlikely that industrialized and unindustrialized nations can coexist indefinitely. |