Cō-in-cīde', v. i.
v. i. [imp. & p. p. COINCIDED; p. pr. & vb. n. COINCIDING.] [Fr. coïncider, L. Lat. coincidere, from Lat. co, for con, and incidere, from in and cadere, to fall.] 1. To fall together; to agree in position;—sometimes followed by with.
If the equator and the ecliptic had coincided, it would have rendered the annual revolution of the earth useless. Cheyne.
Sense 2. To have agreement; to correspond; to be identical; to concur.
The date of the fall of Grana coincided with that of the establishment of the Inquisition. Prescott.