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Webster 1913 Edition
Concurrent
Con-cur′rent
,Adj.
[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.
I join with these laws the personal presence of the kings’ son, as a
concurrent
cause of this reformation. Sir J. Davies.
The
concurrent
testimony of antiquity. Bp. Warburton.
2.
Conjoined; associate; concomitant; existing or happening at the same time.
There is no difference the
concurrent
echo and the iterant but the quickness or slowness of the return. Bacon.
Changes . . .
concurrent
with the visual changes in the eye. Tyndall.
3.
Joint and equal in authority; taking cognizance of similar questions; operating on the same objects;
as, the
. concurrent
jurisdiction of courts
Syn. – Meeting; uniting; accompanying; conjoined; associated; coincident; united.
Con-cur′rent
,Noun.
1.
One who, or that which, concurs; a joint or contributory cause.
To all affairs of importance there are three necessary
concurrents
. . . time, industry, and faculties. Dr. H. More.
2.
One pursuing the same course, or seeking the same objects; hence, a rival; an opponent.
Menander . . . had no
concurrent
in his time that came near unto him. Holland.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Concurrent
CONCURRENT
,Adj.
1.
Meeting; uniting; accompanying; acting in conjunction; agreeing in the same act; contributing to the same event or effect; operating with.I join with these laws the personal presence of the Kings son, as a concurrent cause of this reformation.
All combined, your beauty, and my impotence of mind, and his concurrent flame, that blew my fire.
2.
Conjoined; associate; concomitant.There is no difference between the concurrent echo and the iterant, but the quickness or slowness of the return.
3.
Joint and equal; existing together and operating on the same objects. The courts of the United States, and those of the States have, in some cases, concurrent jurisdiction.CONCURRENT
,Noun.
To all affairs of importance there are three necessary concurrents-time, industry and faculties.