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Webster 1913 Edition
Concerning
Con-cern′ing
,p
rep.
Pertaining to; regarding; having relation to; respecting; as regards.
I have accepted thee
concerning
this thing. Gen. xix. 21.
The Lord hath spoken good
concerning
Israel. Num. x. 29.
Con-cern′ing
,Adj.
Important.
[Archaic]
So great and so
concerning
truth. South.
Con-cern′ing
,Noun.
1.
That in which one is concerned or interested; concern; affair; interest.
“Our everlasting concernments.” I. Watts.
To mix with thy
concernments
I desist. Milton.
2.
Importance; moment; consequence.
Let every action of
concernment
to begun with prayer. Jer. Taylor.
3.
Concern; participation; interposition.
He married a daughter to the earl without any other approbation of her father or
concernment
in it, than suffering him and her come into his presence. Clarendon.
4.
Emotion of mind; solicitude; anxiety.
While they are so eager to destroy the fame of others, their ambition is manifest in their
concernment
. Dryden.
Webster 1828 Edition
Concerning
CONCERNING
,ppr.
The Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel. Numbers 10.
I have accepted thee concerning this thing. Genesis 19.
This word has been considered a preposition, but most improperly; concerning, when so called, refers to a verb, sentence or proposition; as in the first example, the word applies to the preceding afirmation. The Lord hath spoken good, which speaking good is concerning Israel. Concerning, in this case, refers to the first clause of the sentence.
Definition 2024
concerning
concerning
English
Adjective
concerning (comparative more concerning, superlative most concerning)
Preposition
concerning
- Regarding, respecting.
- Bible, Numbers x. 29
- The Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel.
- Bible, Numbers x. 29
Translations
Regarding
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Verb
concerning
- present participle of concern
Noun
concerning (plural concernings)
- That which one is concerned in; one's business.
- William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure
- We shall write to you, / As Time and our Concernings shall importune, / How it goes with us, and do look to know / What doth befall you here.
- William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure