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Coincide v. i. (past & past part. coincided; pres. part. coinciding)

To occupy the same place in space, as two equal triangles, when placed one on the other. "If the equator and the ecliptic had coincided, it would have rendered the annual revoluton of the earth useless."

To occur at the same time; to be contemporaneous; as, the fall of Granada coincided with the discovery of America.

To correspond exactly; to agree; to concur; as, our aims coincide. "The rules of right jugdment and of good ratiocination often coincide with each other."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Coinciding" Quotes from Famous Books

... been requested to state the following particulars: In December last, a few ladies met in this place to consider the best plan of obtaining signatures in Liverpool to an address to the women of America on the subject of negro slavery, in substance coinciding with the one so nobly proposed and carried forward by Lord Shaftesbury. At this meeting it was suggested that it would be a sincere gratification to many if some testimonial could be presented to Mrs. Stowe which would indicate the sense, almost universally entertained, ...

— Sunny Memories Of Foreign Lands, Volume 1 (of 2) • Harriet Elizabeth (Beecher) Stowe

... passageway, Hepzibah could discern his features, as if a light fell on them alone. Their vivid and wild expression seemed likewise sufficient to illuminate them; it was an expression of scorn and mockery, coinciding with the emotions indicated by his gesture. As Clifford stood on the threshold, partly turning back, he pointed his finger within the parlor, and shook it slowly as though he would have summoned, not Hepzibah ...

— The House of the Seven Gables • Nathaniel Hawthorne

... affecting enthusiasm, or of acting any part to show myself off; yet Mowbray's opinion and my own observations coinciding, unconsciously and involuntarily, I afterwards became more at my ease in yielding to my natural ...

— Tales & Novels, Vol. IX - [Contents: Harrington; Thoughts on Bores; Ormond] • Maria Edgeworth

... thus cooped up with a mad woman, in an agony of terror suddenly bethought himself of instances he had heard of escape, under similar circumstances, by coinciding to a certain extent with the views of the insane people, and suggested to the dowager that he hoped she would not insist on a duel without their having a ...

— Handy Andy, Vol. 2 - A Tale of Irish Life • Samuel Lover