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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Anon they fierce encountering both concurred
With grisly looks and faces like their fates. J. Hughes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To meet in the same point; to combine or conjoin; to contribute or help toward a common object or effect. [ 1913 Webster ]

When outward causes concur. Jer. Colier. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To unite or agree (in action or opinion); to join; to act jointly; to agree; to coincide; to correspond. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mr. Burke concurred with Lord Chatham in opinion. Fox. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tories and Whigs had concurred in paying honor to Walker. Makaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

This concurs directly with the letter. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To assent; to consent. [ Obs. ] Milton.

Syn. -- To agree; unite; combine; conspire; coincide; approve; acquiesce; assent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., competition, equality of rights, fr. LL. concurrentia competition. ] 1. The act of concurring; a meeting or coming together; union; conjunction; combination. [ 1913 Webster ]

We have no other measure but our own ideas, with the concurence of other probable reasons, to persuade us. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A meeting of minds; agreement in opinion; union in design or act; -- implying joint approbation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tarquin the Proud was expelled by the universal concurrence of nobles and people. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Agreement or consent, implying aid or contribution of power or influence; cooperation. [ 1913 Webster ]

We collect the greatness of the work, and the necessity of the divine concurrence to it. Rogers. [ 1913 Webster ]

An instinct that works us to its own purposes without our concurrence. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A common right; coincidence of equal powers; as, a concurrence of jurisdiction in two different courts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Concurrence. [ 1913 Webster ]

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; cooperating. [ 1913 Webster ]

I join with these laws the personal presence of the kings' son, as a concurrent cause of this reformation. Sir J. Davies. [ 1913 Webster ]

The concurrent testimony of antiquity. Bp. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Conjoined; associate; concomitant; existing or happening at the same time. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is no difference the concurrent echo and the iterant but the quickness or slowness of the return. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Changes . . . concurrent with the visual changes in the eye. Tyndall. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Joint and equal in authority; taking cognizance of similar questions; operating on the same objects; as, the concurrent jurisdiction of courts. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Geom.) Meeting in one point.

Syn. -- Meeting; uniting; accompanying; conjoined; associated; coincident; united. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, concurs; a joint or contributory cause. [ 1913 Webster ]

To all affairs of importance there are three necessary concurrents . . . time, industry, and faculties. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One pursuing the same course, or seeking the same objects; hence, a rival; an opponent. [ 1913 Webster ]

Menander . . . had no concurrent in his time that came near unto him. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Chron.) One of the supernumerary days of the year over fifty-two complete weeks; -- so called because they concur with the solar cycle, the course of which they follow. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With concurrence; unitedly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being concurrent; concurrence. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Agreeing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Concurring figure (Geom.), one which, being laid on another, exactly meets every part of it, or one which corresponds with another in all its parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not concurring; disagreeing. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To dissent or refuse to concur. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Refusal to concur. [ 1913 Webster ]

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