Concupiscibleness
(Con*cu"pis*ci*ble*ness), n. The state of being concupiscible. [Obs.]
Concupy
(Con"cu*py) n. Concupiscence. [Used only in "Troilus and Cressida"] Shak.
Concur
(Con*cur") v. i. [imp. & p. p. Concurred ; p. pr. & vb. n. Concurring.] [L. concurrere to run
together, agree; con- + currere to run. See Current.]
1. To run together; to meet. [Obs.]
Anon they fierce encountering both concurred
With grisly looks and faces like their fates.
J. Hughes.
2. To meet in the same point; to combine or conjoin; to contribute or help toward a common object or
effect.
When outward causes concur.
Jer. Colier.
3. To unite or agree (in action or opinion); to join; to act jointly; to agree; to coincide; to correspond.
Mr. Burke concurred with Lord Chatham in opinion.
Fox.
Tories and Whigs had concurred in paying honor to Walker.
Makaulay.
This concurs directly with the letter.
Shak.
4. To assent; to consent. [Obs.] Milton.
Syn. — To agree; unite; combine; conspire; coincide; approve; acquiesce; assent.
Concurrence
(Con*cur"rence) n. [F., competition, equality of rights, fr. LL. concurrentia competition.]
1. The act of concurring; a meeting or coming together; union; conjunction; combination.
We have no other measure but our own ideas, with the concurence of other probable reasons, to persuade
us.
Locke.
2. A meeting of minds; agreement in opinion; union in design or act; — implying joint approbation.
Tarquin the Proud was expelled by the universal concurrence of nobles and people.
Swift.
3. Agreement or consent, implying aid or contribution of power or influence; coöperation.
We collect the greatness of the work, and the necessity of the divine concurrence to it.
Rogers.
An instinct that works us to its own purposes without our concurrence.
Burke.
4. A common right; coincidence of equal powers; as, a concurrence of jurisdiction in two different courts.
Concurrency
(Con*cur"ren*cy) n. Concurrence.
Concurrent
(Con*cur"rent) a. [F. concurrent, L. concurrens, p. pr. of concurrere.]
1. Acting in conjunction; agreeing in the same act or opinion; contributing to the same event or effect; coöperating.
I join with these laws the personal presence of the kings' son, as a concurrent cause of this reformation.
Sir
J. Davies.
The concurrent testimony of antiquity.
Bp. Warburton.
