Part 2090

<blockquote>If the equator and the ecliptic had <b>coincided</b>, it would have rendered the annual revoluton of the earth useless. <i>Cheyne.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To occur at the same time; to be contemporaneous; <as>as, the fall of Granada <ex>coincided</ex> with the discovery of America</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To correspond exactly; to agree; to concur; <as>as, our aims <ex>coincide</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote>The rules of right jugdment and of good ratiocination often <b>coincide</b> with each other. <i>Watts.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Coincidence</h1> <Xpage=276>

<hw>Co*in"ci*dence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>co\'8bncidence</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The condition of occupying the same place in space; <as>as, the <ex>coincidence</ex> of circles, surfaces, etc.</as></def>

<i>Bentley.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The condition or fact of happening at the same time; <as>as, the <ex>coincidence</ex> of the deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Exact correspondence in nature, character, result, circumstances, etc.; concurrence; agreement.</def>

<blockquote>The very concurrence and <b>coincidence</b> of ao many evidences . . . carries a great weight. <i>Sir M. Hale.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Those who discourse . . . of the nature of truth . . . affirm a perfect <b>coincidence</b> between truth and goodness. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Coincibency</h1> <Xpage=276>

<hw>Co*in"ci*ben*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Coincidence.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Coincident</h1> <Xpage=276>

<hw>Co*in"ci*dent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>co\'8bncident</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having coincidence; occupying the same place; contemporaneous; concurrent; -- followed by <i>with</i>.</def>

<blockquote>Christianity teaches nothing but what is perfectly suitable to, and <b>coincident</b> with, the ruling principles of a virtuous and well-inclined man. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Coincident</h1> <Xpage=276>

<hw>Co*in"ci*dent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One of two or more coincident events; a coincidence.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> "<i>Coincidents</i> and accidents."

<i>Froude.</i>

<h1>Coincidental</h1> <Xpage=276>

<hw>Co*in`ci*den"tal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Coincident.</def>

<h1>Coincidently</h1> <Xpage=276>

<hw>Co*in"ci*dent*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>With coincidence.</def>

<h1>Coincider</h1> <Xpage=276>

<hw>Co`in*cid"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who coincides with another in an opinion.</def>

<h1>Coindication</h1> <Xpage=276>

<hw>Co*in`di*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>co\'8bdication</ets>.]</ety> <def>One of several signs or sumptoms indicating the same fact; <as>as, a <ex>coindication</ex> of disease</as>.</def>

<h1>Coiner</h1> <Xpage=276>