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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONCUR, v.i. [L., to run together.]
1. To meet in the same point; to agree.
Reason and sense concur.
2. To agree; to join or unite, as in one action or opinion; to meet, mind with mind; as, the two houses of parliament concur in the measure.
It has with before the person with whom one agrees.
Mr. Burke concurred with Lord Chatham in opinion.
It has to before the effect.
Extremes in man concur to general use.
3. To unite or be conjoined, with the consequential sense of aiding, or contributing power or influence to a common object.
Various causes may concur in the changes of temperature.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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 who say life is sacred"; "Both philosophers concord on this point" [syn: agree, hold, concur, concord] [ant: differ, disagree, dissent, take issue]
2: happen simultaneously; "The two events coincided" [syn: concur, coincide]

Merriam Webster's

intransitive verb (concurred; concurring) Etymology: Middle English concurren, from Latin concurrere, from com- + currere to run — more at car Date: 15th century 1. to act together to a common end or single effect 2. a. approve <concur in a statement> b. to express agreement <concur with an opinion> 3. obsolete to come together ; meet 4. to happen together ; coincide Synonyms: see agree

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.intr. (concurred, concurring) 1 happen together; coincide. 2 (often foll. by with) a agree in opinion. b express agreement. 3 combine together for a cause; act in combination. Etymology: L concurrere (as com-, currere run)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(concurs, concurring, concurred) If one person concurs with another person, the two people agree. You can also say that two people concur. (FORMAL) Local feeling does not necessarily concur with the press... Daniels and Franklin concurred in an investigator's suggestion that the police be commended... Butler and Stone concur that the war threw people's lives into a moral relief... Four other judges concurred... After looking at the jug, Faulkner concurred that it was late Roman, third or fourth century... = agree V-RECIP: V with n, V in n, pl-n V that, pl-n V, NON-RECIP: V that

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. n. 1. Be conjoined, be combined, meet. 2. Agree, coincide, harmonize. 3. Co-operate, help, combine, conspire, contribute jointly.

Moby Thesaurus

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