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Definition of Coextend
1. v. t. To extend through the same space or time with another; to extend to the same degree.
Definition of Coextend
1. Verb. (ambitransitive) To extend along with another. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Coextend
1. to extend through the same space or time as another [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coextend
Literary usage of Coextend
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1859)
"... where one language, one system of measurement, one postal arrangement, and
one government, coextend over a vast portion of the continent of America. ..."
2. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"One or two rubbers might coextend in duration with an evening. They gave time to
form rooted friendships, to cultivate steady enmities. ..."
3. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"... (ko-eg-zis'-tent) a. Exist- ing at the same time with another.
To coextend, (ko-eks-tend') va To extend to the same space or duration with another. ..."
4. The Works of Charles Lamb: to which are prefixed his letters, and a sketch by Charles Lamb (1871)
"One or two rubbers might coextend in duration with an evening. They gave time to
form rooted friendships, to cultivate steady enmities. ..."
5. The world's wit and humor: an encyclopedia of the classic wit and humor of by Lionel Strachey (1906)
"One or two rubbers might coextend in duration with an evening. They gave time to
form rooted friendships and to cultivate steady enmities. ..."
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