Crossword clues for concerning
concerning
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Concern \Con*cern"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Concerned; p. pr. & vb. n. Concerning.] [F. concerner, LL. concernere to regard, concern, fr. L. concernere to mix or mingle together, as in a sieve for separating; con- + cernere to separate, sift, distinguish by the senses, and especially by the eyes, to perceive, see. See Certain.]
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To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.
Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ.
--Acts xxviii. 31.Our wars with France have affected us in our most tender interests, and concerned us more than those with any other nation.
--Addison.It much concerns a preacher first to learn The genius of his audience and their turn.
--Dodsley.Ignorant, so far as the usual instruction is concerned.
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To engage by feeling or sentiment; to interest; as, a good prince concerns himself in the happiness of his subjects.
They think themselves out the reach of Providence, and no longer concerned to solicit his favor.
--Rogers.
Concerning \Con*cern"ing\, prep. Pertaining to; regarding; having relation to; respecting; as regards.
I have accepted thee concerning this thing.
--Gen. xix.
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The Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel.
--Num. x.
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Concerning \Con*cern"ing\, a. Important. [Archaic]
So great and so concerning truth.
--South.
Concerning \Con*cern"ing\, n.
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That in which one is concerned or interested; concern; affair; interest. ``Our everlasting concernments.''
--I. Watts.To mix with thy concernments I desist.
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Importance; moment; consequence.
Let every action of concernment to begun with prayer.
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Concern; participation; interposition.
He married a daughter to the earl without any other approbation of her father or concernment in it, than suffering him and her come into his presence.
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Emotion of mind; solicitude; anxiety.
While they are so eager to destroy the fame of others, their ambition is manifest in their concernment.
--Dryden.
Wiktionary
1 Causing concern; worrisome. 2 (context obsolete English) important n. That which one is concerned in; one's business. prep. regarding, respecting. v
(present participle of concern English)
Usage examples of "concerning".
He had gotten Davy and her out of Said Ababa, worked selflessly to straighten out that hideous red tape concerning her supposed death, given generously of his time and money.
Discourse and humble Advise for our Gratious Queene Elizabeth, her most Excellent Majestie to peruse and consider, as concerning the needful Reformation of the Vulgar Kalender for the civile yeres and daies accompting, or verifyeng, according to the tyme truely spent.
Discourse and humble Advise for our Gratious Queen Elizabeth, her most Excellent Majestie to peruse and consider, as concerning the needful Reformation of the Vulgar Kalendar for the civile yeres and daies accompting, or verifyeng, according to the tyme trewly spent.
Gregg and the SCARE aces had been involved in government suppression of facts concerning the Swarm Mother attack.
John Adams advised Abigail concerning the raising of their own children.
On June 16, as had become routine, Adams sent Vergennes some latest items of news from America, these concerning the American currency.
OF THE MULTIPLE ISSUES in contention between Britain and the new United States of America, and that John Adams had to address as minister, nearly all were holdovers from the Treaty of Paris, agreements made but not resolved, concerning debts, the treatment of Loyalists, compensation for slaves and property confiscated by the British, and the continued presence of British troops in America.
A letter to Adams concerning whale oil, sent in late September, was written and signed for Jefferson by his aide, William Short.
A Letter from Alexander Hamilton, Concerning the Public Conduct and Character of John Adams, Esq.
Benjamin Waterhouse CONCERNING SUCH MATTERS as who was to be the next governor of Massachusetts or the next President of the United States, Adams professed to take increasingly less interest.
A smattering of theosophical lore, and a fondness for the speculations of such writers as Colonel Churchward and Lewis Spence concerning lost continents and primal forgotten civilisations, made Reynolds especially alert toward any aeonian relic like the unknown mummy.
When I sat me down before my tin pan, Agassiz brought me a small fish, placing it before me with the rather stern requirement that I should study it, but should on no account talk to any one concerning it, nor read anything relating to fishes, until I had his permission so to do.
At any rate, it seems there has been suspicion cast on my little sister concerning the deaths of Lord Alef Drake and a commoner named Jisha Teal, last year at about this time.
The petitions which were offered on the altars of Jupiter or Apollo, expressed the anxiety of their worshippers for temporal happiness, and their ignorance or indifference concerning a future life.
Several startling new developments, he wrote, have come to light concerning the kidnapping, fifteen days ago, of the wife, son andfather of CBA News anchorman Crawford Sloane.