n. The practice of concubinage. [ Obs. ] Strype. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The cohabiting of a man and a woman who are not legally married; the state of being a concubine. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In some countries, concubinage is marriage of an inferior kind, or performed with less solemnity than a true or formal marriage; or marriage with a woman of inferior condition, to whom the husband does not convey his rank or quality. Under Roman law, it was the living of a man and woman in sexual relations without marriage, but in conformity with local law. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) A plea, in which it is alleged that the woman suing for dower was not lawfully married to the man in whose lands she seeks to be endowed, but that she was his concubine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. concubinalis. ] Of or pertaining to concubinage. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. Concubinary. [ 1913 Webster ]

The married and concubinarian, as well as looser clergy. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. concubinarius. ] Relating to concubinage; living in concubinage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Concubinaries One who lives in concubinage. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. concubinatus. ] Concubinage. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. concubina; con- + cubare to lie down, concumbere to lie together, akin to E. cubit. ] 1. A woman who cohabits with a man without being his wife; a paramour. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Concubine has been sometimes, but rarely, used of a male paramour as well as of a female. Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A wife of inferior condition; a lawful wife, but not united to the man by the usual ceremonies, and of inferior condition. Such were Hagar and Keturah, the concubines of Abraham; and such concubines were allowed by the Roman laws. Their children were not heirs of their father. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Concultated; p. pr. & vb. n. Conculcating. ] [ L. conculcatus, p. p. of conculcare to conculcate fr. calx heel. ] To tread or trample under foot. [ Obs. ] Bp. Montagu

-- Con`cul*ca"tion n. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

n. [ F., fr. L. concupiscentia. ] Sexual lust; morbid carnal passion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Concupiscence like a pestilence walketh in darkness. Horne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. concupiscens, p. pr. of concupiscere, v. incho. of concupere to long for; con- + cupere. See Covet. ] Having sexual lust; libidinous; lustful; lecherous; salacious. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to concupiscence. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Concupiscent. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. concupiscible. ] 1. Exciting to, or liable to be affected by, concupiscence; provoking lustful desires. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Exciting desire, good or evil. [ 1913 Webster ]

The schools reduce all the passions to these two heads, the concupiscible and irascible appetite. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being concupiscible. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Concupiscence. [ Used only in “Troilus and Cressida” ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Concurred p. pr. & vb. n. Concurring. ] [ L. concurrere to run together, agree; con- + currere to run. See Current. ] 1. To run together; to meet. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Anon they fierce encountering both concurred
With grisly looks and faces like their fates. J. Hughes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To meet in the same point; to combine or conjoin; to contribute or help toward a common object or effect. [ 1913 Webster ]

When outward causes concur. Jer. Colier. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To unite or agree (in action or opinion); to join; to act jointly; to agree; to coincide; to correspond. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mr. Burke concurred with Lord Chatham in opinion. Fox. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tories and Whigs had concurred in paying honor to Walker. Makaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

This concurs directly with the letter. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

Syn. -- To agree; unite; combine; conspire; coincide; approve; acquiesce; assent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., competition, equality of rights, fr. LL. concurrentia competition. ] 1. The act of concurring; a meeting or coming together; union; conjunction; combination. [ 1913 Webster ]

We have no other measure but our own ideas, with the concurence of other probable reasons, to persuade us. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A meeting of minds; agreement in opinion; union in design or act; -- implying joint approbation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tarquin the Proud was expelled by the universal concurrence of nobles and people. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Agreement or consent, implying aid or contribution of power or influence; cooperation. [ 1913 Webster ]

We collect the greatness of the work, and the necessity of the divine concurrence to it. Rogers. [ 1913 Webster ]

An instinct that works us to its own purposes without our concurrence. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A common right; coincidence of equal powers; as, a concurrence of jurisdiction in two different courts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Concurrence. [ 1913 Webster ]

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; cooperating. [ 1913 Webster ]

I join with these laws the personal presence of the kings' son, as a concurrent cause of this reformation. Sir J. Davies. [ 1913 Webster ]

The concurrent testimony of antiquity. Bp. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Conjoined; associate; concomitant; existing or happening at the same time. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is no difference the concurrent echo and the iterant but the quickness or slowness of the return. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Changes . . . concurrent with the visual changes in the eye. Tyndall. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Joint and equal in authority; taking cognizance of similar questions; operating on the same objects; as, the concurrent jurisdiction of courts. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Geom.) Meeting in one point.

Syn. -- Meeting; uniting; accompanying; conjoined; associated; coincident; united. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, concurs; a joint or contributory cause. [ 1913 Webster ]

To all affairs of importance there are three necessary concurrents . . . time, industry, and faculties. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One pursuing the same course, or seeking the same objects; hence, a rival; an opponent. [ 1913 Webster ]

Menander . . . had no concurrent in his time that came near unto him. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With concurrence; unitedly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being concurrent; concurrence. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Agreeing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Concurring figure (Geom.), one which, being laid on another, exactly meets every part of it, or one which corresponds with another in all its parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. concussus, p. p. of concutere. See Concussion. ] 1. To shake or agitate. “Concussed with uncertainty.” Daniel. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) To force (a person) to do something, or give up something, by intimidation; to coerce. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A violent shock or agitation. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. concussio, fr. concutere, concussum, to shake violenty; con- + quatere to shake. See Cashier, Quash. ] 1. A shaking or agitation; a shock; caused by the collision of two bodies. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is believed that great ringing of bells, in populous cities, hath dissipated pestilent air; which may be from the concussion of the air. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) A condition of lowered functional activity, without visible structural change, produced in an organ by a shock, as by fall or blow; as, a concussion of the brain. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Civil Law) The unlawful forcing of another by threats of violence to yield up something of value. [ 1913 Webster ]

Then concussion, rapine, pilleries,
Their catalogue of accusations fill. Daniel. [ 1913 Webster ]

Concussion fuse (Mil.), one that is ignited by the concussion of the shell when it strikes.

Syn. -- See Shock. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the power or quality of shaking or agitating. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not concurring; disagreeing. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- not + L. concussibilis that can be shaken. See Concussion. ] Not concussible; that cannot be shaken.

v. i. To dissent or refuse to concur. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Refusal to concur. [ 1913 Webster ]

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