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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Coeval

· Co·e·val · IPA /koʊˈi.vəl/
01 a. Of the same age; existing during the same period of time, especially time long and remote; -- usually followed by with.
  1. 1.
    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.
02 n. One of the same age; a contemporary.
  1. 1.
    One of the same age; a contemporary.
    “As if it were not enough to have outdone all your coevals in wit.” — Pope.