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Concurred

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.

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vb. (en-past of: concur)

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concurred

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concur
  1. v. 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, concord] [ant: disagree]

  2. happen simultaneously; "The two events coincided" [syn: coincide]

  3. [also: concurring, concurred]

Usage examples of "concurred".

When Senator Ellsworth observed how very ordinary the mere appellation of President sounded, Adams immediately concurred from the Chair.

When Rojer asked permission for the 'Dinis to stay behind, Chief Firr absently concurred: he was already collecting more rounded bits that might possibly add to Rojer's contribution.

Thian concurred, and activated another screen with the relevant disk of Rojer's exploration of that planet.

They concurred in the opinion that they had acquired a lethal dose of something on Opal, and it could well have been contact with the stone.

Mathematical calculations, checked and double checked by Boris Pahlevi and Dieter Clissmann, concurred with Ezra’s depressing conclusion.

T'ton concurred briskly, "but I feel there is more to prove that we do, did, will, go forward.

The man could always be counted on to fill in the gaps in Fandarel's terse explanations or instructions, but it was obvious now that Terry had a mind of his own, whether it concurred with his Craftmaster's or not.

Everyone concurred with Fandarel's verdict: the so-called Dawn Sisters were not stars.

Volo concurred half-heartedly, occasionally fingering his well-groomed beard with the hand that he had free from tending the traveler's pack that bounced as he strode.

Fitzpatrick instantly concurred, and flew directly up-stairs, to surprize his wife, before he knew where she was.

He by no means concurred with the opinion of those parents, who think it as immaterial to consult the inclinations of their children in the affair of marriage, as to solicit the good pleasure of their servants when they intend to take a journey.

Now, all three have concurred to warn and force us into a new course of conduct.

Breek-or-Breel's father evi dently concurred with that opinion, for Quark learned the next day that he had refused to take any action to alter the outcome of the business that had transpired between his son and Rom.

Much of the time, Shakaar concurred with her viewpoints, and when he did not, she was sometimes able to demonstrate to him how his own conclusions had been reached in error.

Sisko concurred, "but as interpreted through Quark's own unique perspective.