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concurring


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Concurring  \Con*cur"ring\,  a. 
  Agreeing. 
 
  {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 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  concurring 
  adj  :  being  of  the  same  opinion  [syn:  {agreeing(a)},  {concordant}, 
  {concurring(a)},  {in  agreement(p)},  {of  the  same 
  mind(p)}] 




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