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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Coordinate \Co*["o]r"di*nate\, a. [Pref. co- + L. ordinatus, p.
p. of ordinare to regulate. See {Ordain}.]
Equal in rank or order; not subordinate.
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Whether there was one Supreme Governor of the world, or
many coordinate powers presiding over each country.
--Law.
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Conjunctions joint sentences and coordinate terms.
--Rev. R.
Morris.
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{Coordinate adjectives}, adjectives disconnected as regards
one another, but referring equally to the same subject.
{Coordinate conjunctions}, conjunctions joining independent
propositions. --Rev. R. Morris.
[1913 Webster] co-ordinate