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coextend

coextend verb: to extend along with another.

Verb

coextend (third-person singular simple present coextends, present participle coextending, simple past and past participle coextended)

  1. (ambitransitive) To extend along with another.
    • It is neceſſary therefore that this nevv created or replaced thing do not onely fill ſome part of the Space [i.e. “imaginary space”] above-mentioned, or be coincident and coextended vvith it, but alſo, that it have no dependance upon our thought.1656, Thomas Hobbes, “Of Body and Accident”, in anonymous translator, Elements of Philosophy, the First Section, Concerning Body. […], London: […] R[obert] & W[illiam] Leybourn for Andrew Crooke...

Forms of coextend

third-person singular presentcoextends
present participlecoextending
past participlecoextended
pastcoextended

Origin of coextend

From co- + extend.

Questions about coextend

What does coextend mean?
Coextend means to extend along with another.
What part of speech is coextend?
Coextend is a verb.
What is the past tense of coextend?
The past tense of coextend is coextended.

Words near coextend in the dictionary

  1. coexpressed
  2. coexpresses
  3. coexpressing
  4. coexpression
  5. coexpressions
  6. coextend
  7. coextended
  8. coextending
  9. coextends
  10. coextension
  11. coextensions

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