Dictionary entry

Concur

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

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. Milton.

Syn. — To agree; unite; combine; conspire; coincide; approve; acquiesce; assent.