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Con*cur"rent (?), a. [F. concurrent, L. concurrens, p. pr. of concurrere.] 1. Acting in conjunction; agreeing in the same act or opinion; contributing to the same event or effect; co&ö;perating.
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I join with these laws the personal presence of the kings' son, as a concurrent cause of this reformation. Sir J. Davies.
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The concurrent testimony of antiquity. Bp. Warburton.
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2. Conjoined; associate; concomitant; existing or happening at the same time.
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There is no difference the concurrent echo and the iterant but the quickness or slowness of the return. Bacon.
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Changes . . . concurrent with the visual changes in the eye. Tyndall.
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3. Joint and equal in authority; taking cognizance of similar questions; operating on the same objects; as, the concurrent jurisdiction of courts.
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4. (Geom.) Meeting in one point.

Syn. -- Meeting; uniting; accompanying; conjoined; associated; coincident; united.
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Con*cur"rent, n. 1. One who, or that which, concurs; a joint or contributory cause.
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To all affairs of importance there are three necessary concurrents . . . time, industry, and faculties. Dr. H. More.
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2. One pursuing the same course, or seeking the same objects; hence, a rival; an opponent.
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Menander . . . had no concurrent in his time that came near unto him. Holland.
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3. (Chron.) One of the supernumerary days of the year over fifty-two complete weeks; -- so called because they concur with the solar cycle, the course of which they follow.
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