coexist

Definitions


[ˌkəʊɪɡˈzɪst], (Verb)

Definitions:
- exist at the same time or in the same place
(e.g: dwarf mammoths may have survived in north-east Siberia to coexist with the Egyptian pharaohs)


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Origin:
mid 17th century: from late Latin coexistere, from co- ‘together’ + existere ‘exist’, from ex- ‘out’ + sister ‘take a stand’




definition by Oxford Dictionaries