4. To assent; to consent. [Obs.] Milton.

Syn. -- To agree; unite; combine; conspire; coincide; approve; acquiesce; assent.

Con*cur"rence (?), n. [F., competition, equality of rights, fr. LL. concurrentia competition.] 1. The act of concurring; a meeting or coming together; union; conjunction; combination.

We have no other measure but our own ideas, with the concurence of other probable reasons, to persuade us.

Locke.

2. A meeting of minds; agreement in opinion; union in design or act; -- implying joint approbation.

Tarquin the Proud was expelled by the universal concurrence of nobles and people.

Swift.

3. Agreement or consent, implying aid or contribution of power or influence; co÷peration.

We collect the greatness of the work, and the necessity of the divine concurrence to it.

Rogers.

An instinct that works us to its own purposes without our concurrence.

Burke.

4. A common right; coincidence of equal powers; as, a concurrence of jurisdiction in two different courts.

Con*cur"ren*cy (?), n. Concurrence.

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÷perating.

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.

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