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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Concert \Con*cert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Concerted}; p. pr & vb n. {Concerting}.] [F. concerter, It concertare conertare prob. from L. consertus p. p. of conserere to join together; con- + serere to join together, influenced by concertare to contend; con- + centare to strive; properly, to try to decide; fr cernere to distinguish. See {Series}, and cf {Concern}.] 1. To plan together; to settle or adjust by conference, agreement, or consultation. It was concerted to begin the siege in March. --Bp. Burnet. 2. To plan to devise; to arrange. A commander had more trouble to concert his defense before the people than to plan . . . the campaign. --Burke. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Concert \Con*cert"\, v. i. To act in harmony or conjunction; to form combined plans. The ministers of Denmark were appointed to concert with Talbot. --Bp. Burnet From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Concert \Con"cert\ (k[o^]n"s[~e]rt), n. [F. concert, It concerto, conserto, fr concertare See {Concert}, v. t.] 1. Agreement in a design or plan union formed by mutual communication of opinions and views; accordance in a scheme; harmony; simultaneous action All these discontents, how ruinous soever, have arisen from the want of a due communication and concert. --Swift. 2. Musical accordance or harmony; concord. Let us in concert to the season sing. --Cowper. 3. A musical entertainment in which several voices or instruments take part Visit by night your lady's chamber window With some sweet concert. --Shak. And boding screech owls make the concert full. --Shak. {Concert pitch}. See under {Pitch}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: concert n : a performance of music by players or singers not involving theatrical staging v 1: contrive by mutual agreement, as of a plan 2: settle by agreement; "concert one's differences" From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: CONCERT Communications for North Carolina Education, Research and Technology (network)
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