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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)



11 words match “CONCURRENT”

CONCURRENT a. 7 definitions
effect; coöperating. I join with these laws the personal presence of the kings' son, as a concurrent cause of this reformation. Sir J. Davies. The concurrent testimony of antiquity. Bp. Warburton.
CONCURRENTLY adv.
With concurrence; unitedly.
CONCURRENTNESS n.
The state or quality of being concurrent; concurrence.
ASYNCHRONOUS a.
Not simultaneous; not concurrent in time; --opposed to synchronous.
COINCIDENT a.
Having coincidence; occupying the same place; contemporaneous; concurrent; -- followed by with. Christianity teaches nothing but what is perfectly suitable to, and coincident with, the ruling principles of a virtuous and well- inclined man. South.
CONCOMITANTLY adv.
In company with others; unitedly; concurrently. Bp. pearson.
CONJUNCT a.
United; conjoined; concurrent. [Archaic]
CONSENTANEOUS a.
Consistent; agreeable; suitable; accordant to; harmonious; concurrent. A good law and consentaneous to reason. Howell. -- Con`sen*ta"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Con`sen*ta"ne*ous*ness, n.
COOPERATION n.
The act of coöperating, or of operating together to one end; joint operation; concurrent effort or labor. Not holpen by the coöperation of angels. Bacon.
JOINT a.
composed of members of the two houses of a legislative body, for the appointment of which concurrent resolutions of the two houses are necessary. Cushing. -- Joint meeting, or Joint session, the meeting or session of two distinct bodies as one; as, a joint meeting of committees representing different corporations; a j…
LEGISLATURE n.
e or kingdom invested with power to make and repeal laws; a legislative body. Without the concurrent consent of all three parts of the legislature, no law is, or can be, made. Sir M. Hale.