COEXIST

coexist, cohabit

(verb) exist together

coexist

(verb) coexist peacefully, as of nations

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

coexist (third-person singular simple present coexists, present participle coexisting, simple past and past participle coexisted)

(intransitive, of two or more things, people, concepts, etc.) To exist contemporaneously or in the same area.

Anagrams

• coxiest, coxites, exotics

Source: Wiktionary


Co`ex*ist, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Coexisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Coexisting.]

Definition: To exist at the same time; -- sometimes followed by with. Of substances no one has any clear idea, farther than of certain simple ideas coexisting together. Locke. So much purity and integrity . . . coexisting with so much decay and so many infirmities. Warburton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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1 June 2025

BACKFIRE

(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”


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