a. Obs. Also coævous. [f. L. coæv-us COEVE + -OUS.] = COEVAL.
1655–60. Stanley, Hist. Philos., III. I. 60. Coævous society.
1662. Stillingfl., Orig. Sacr., II. ii. § 9. (ed. 2), 133. Can we then think Noah ignorant of the ancient tradition of the world when his Father was so long coævous with Adam.
1697. in Somers, Tracts, I. 65. This Great Council bears a Date, coævous perhaps with the Originals of our Government.
Hence † Coevousness, equality of age, coevality.
1660. S. Fisher, Rusticks Alarm, Wks. (1679), 303. Their Coævousness with the immediate Manuscripts.
