Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Concerting"
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.
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