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coextending

coextending is the present participle and gerund of coextend.

Meaning of coextend

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...

Questions about coextending

What is coextending the present participle and gerund of?
Coextending is the present participle and gerund of coextend.

Words near coextending in the dictionary

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

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