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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 ge…

Disturbed; troubled; solicitous; as, to be much concerned for the safety of a friend.

In a concerned manner; solicitously; sympathetically.

ertaining to; regarding; having relation to; respecting; as regards. I have accepted thee concerning this thing. Gen. xix. 21. The Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel. Num. x. 29.

Unimportant; trifling. [Obs.] "Trifling and inconcerning matters." Fuller.

Concern for one's self.

Want of concern; absence of anxiety; freedom from solicitude; indifference. A listless unconcern, Cold, and averting from our neighbor's good. Thomson.

Not concerned; not anxious or solicitous; easy in mind; carelessly secure; indifferent; as, to be unconcerned at what has happened; to be unconcerned about the future. -- Un`con*cern"ed*ly, adv. -- Un`con*cern"ed*ness, n. Happy mortals, unconcerned for more. Dryden.

Not interesting of affecting; insignificant; not belonging to one. [Obs.] Addison.

The state of being unconcerned, or of having no share or concern; unconcernedness. [Obs.] South.

solutely; to forsake entirely ; to renounce utterly; to relinquish all connection with or concern on; to desert, as a person to whom one owes allegiance or fidelity; to quit; to surrender. Hope was overthrown, yet could not be abandoned. I. Taylor.

In concern with; engaged in; intent on. I must be about my Father's business. Luke ii. 49.

relations; regulation. Success depends on the nicest and minutest adjustment of the parts concerned. Paley.

That which is done or is to be done; matter; concern; as, a difficult affair to manage; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public; -- often in the plural. "At the head of affairs." Junius. "A talent for affairs." Prescott.

Denoting the aim or object; concerning; in relation to; as, to look after workmen; to inquire after a friend; to thirst after righteousness.

actor; the relation between a principal and his agent; business of one intrusted with the concerns of another.

The doctrine concerning those things of which we are necessarily ignorant.

To admit, or come to one mind concerning; to settle; to arrange; as, to agree the fact; to agree differences. [Obs.]

In the same manner, form, or degree; in common; equally; as, we are all alike concerne.

The whole number, quantity, or amount; the entire thing; everything included or concerned; the aggregate; the whole; totality; everything or every person; as, our all is at stake. Death, as the Psalmist saith, is certain to all. Shak. All that thou seest is mine. Gen. xxxi. 43.