单词 | coeval |
释义 | coevaladj.n. A. adj. Const. with, †to. 1. Of equal antiquity, of contemporaneous origin, going back to the same date. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > simultaneity or contemporaneousness > [adjective] > coeval or going back to the same date contemporanean1575 coetaneous1608 coetanean1625 contemporaneous1645 coetany1649 coeval1652 coeve1659 coevous1660 contemporary1663 connascent1805 connate1819 isochronous1895 1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie Introd. sig. A4v Episcopacie was co-ævall with the Church of Christ. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. i. 44 I conceive that Ideas in the Understanding, are coeval with Sensation. 1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature ix. 208 Coeval to mankind itself, and born with it. 1877 J. D. Chambers Divine Worship Eng. 153 This custom of so standing is coeval with Christianity in England. 2. Of the same age, equally old, having existed or lived the same number of years. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > simultaneity or contemporaneousness > [adjective] > of the same age or equally old even-oldOE co-aged1577 coequal1607 coetaneous1649 equaevousa1657 coeval1700 equaeval1867 1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Meleager & Atalanta in Fables 108 Those Trees..Coeval with the World, a venerable Sight. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iii. i. 7 Mrs. Tow-wouse is coeval with our Lawyer. View more context for this quotation 1811 L.-M. Hawkins Countess & Gertrude I. iv. 62 There was, in a rising generation, something..which she had not perceived in that co-eval with herself. 3. Living or existing at the same time or in the same age of the world; contemporary. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > simultaneity or contemporaneousness > [adjective] altogether?c1400 concurrent1495 contemporana1500 unison1582 coincident1598 coetaneal1614 coactivea1616 contemporal1621 synchronisticalc1624 coetanean1625 coetaneous1649 coinstantanean1652 synchronical1652 simultal1654 contemporary1656 contemporaneous1659 simultaneousa1660 coevous1660 synchronal1660 coexistent1662 implicit1662 synchronous1669 coexistinga1676 synchronistic1685 coeval1714 contemporany1721 synchronizinga1727 joint1765 coinstantaneous1768 consentaneous1775 coinciding1786 conterminating1805 synchronic1833 coincidental1845 parallel1859 homochronous1876 monochronic1905 co-occurring1951 co-occurrent1954 1714 T. Hearne Ductor Historicus (ed. 3) I. iii. 403 They all flourish'd between the Fortieth and the Fiftieth Olympiads, and must have been Co-eval. 1823 Monthly Mag. 55 516 The captivity of Zedekiah, which was coeval with the death of Hophra. 1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. 583 An ancient tribe which was coeval with some of the extinct Mammals. 4. Of coincident duration, lasting to the same age or time. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > simultaneity or contemporaneousness > [adjective] > coeval or lasting to the same time contemporaneous1645 coetaneous1655 coeval1744 conterminous1885 1744 E. Young Complaint: Night the Seventh 5 Was Man to live co-eval with the Sun, The Patriarch-pupil would be learning still. 1801 R. Southey Thalaba I. ii. 77 The Boy, coeval with whose life Yon magic fire must burn? 1886 J. A. Froude Oceana ii. 24 Ovid..claims at the close of his ‘Metamorphoses’ to have built a monument which will be coeval with mankind. B. n. 1. One who is of the same age or standing in point of time with another or others. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > simultaneity or contemporaneousness > [noun] > coevality or equality in age > of the same age (with) even-oldOE equal1596 coeval1656 contemporary1678 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Coevals, that are of the same age. 1740 C. Cibber Apol. Life C. Cibber iii. 41 With my Coævals, as well as with the Millions, since born. 1823 C. Lamb Old & New Schoolmaster in Elia 123 He is forlorn among his co-evals; his juniors cannot be his friends. 2. A person (or thing) belonging to the same period or age of the world; a contemporary. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > simultaneity or contemporaneousness > [noun] > contemporary contemporany?a1475 contemporant1577 time-fellow1577 age mate1582 contemporana1600 coeval1605 coetane1610 collateral1614 contemporary1614 concurrent1622 coequal1631 contemporanean1633 coetanean1636 contemporista1641 temporary1649 synchronist1716 yealing1728 fellow1844 age-fellow1845 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Dd3v It may seeme they [sc. Scyences] are ordained by God to be Coevalls, that is, to meete in one Age. View more context for this quotation 1644 J. Bulwer Chirologia 6 Hortensius, a long time Prince of Orators, afterwards Coevall and Competitour with Cicero. 1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 142 The man, of whom His own coevals took but little note. 1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 347 Neither his precepts nor his practice influenced any one of his greater coevals. 3. One who lives to the same point of time with another. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > simultaneity or contemporaneousness > [noun] > contemporary > one who lives to the same time coeval1878 1878 E. White Life in Christ (ed. 3) i. i. 5 The relation of man to the Deity as his destined coeval. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.n.1605 |
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