Hypertext Webster Gateway: "concur"

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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

concur
v 1: be in accord; be in agreement; "We agreed on the terms of
the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with
those you say life is sacred"; "Both philosophers
concord on this point" [syn: {agree}, {hold}, {concord}]
[ant: {disagree}]
2: happen simultaneously; "The two events coincided" [syn: {coincide}]


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