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Webster 1913 Edition

Concur

Con-cur′

,
Verb.
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.
Shakespeare
Syn. – To agree; unite; combine; conspire; coincide; approve; acquiesce; assent.

Webster 1828 Edition

Concur

CONCUR

,
Verb.
I.
[L., to run together.]
1.
To meet in the same point; to agree.
Reason and sense concur.
2.
To agree; to join or unite, as in one action or opinion; to meet, mind with mind; as, the two houses of parliament concur in the measure.
It has with before the person with whom one agrees.
Mr. Burke concurred with Lord Chatham in opinion.
It has to before the effect.
Extremes in man concur to general use.
3.
To unite or be conjoined, with the consequential sense of aiding, or contributing power or influence to a common object.
Various causes may concur in the changes of temperature.

Definition 2024

concur

concur

English

Verb

concur ‎(third-person singular simple present concurs, present participle concurring, simple past and past participle concurred)

  1. To unite or agree (in action or opinion); to have a common opinion; to coincide; to correspond.
  2. To meet in the same point; to combine or conjoin; to contribute or help towards a common object or effect.
  3. (obsolete) To run together; to meet.

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References

  • concur in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • concur in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Etymology

From Latin concurrere ‎(“to run together, agree”)

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