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noun

Concurrence n.

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."

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."

Agreement or consent, implying aid or contribution of power or influence; cooperation. "We collect the greatness of the work, and the necessity of the divine concurrence to it." "An instinct that works us to its own purposes without our concurrence."

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

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"Concurrence" Quotes from Famous Books

... the rest of his corps would return to France, and in this disposition Congress endeavored to render things as agreeable to them as possible, having some regard to the interest of the public which they serve. It is very true, that a concurrence of causes, such as the removal from Philadelphia, the time that elapsed before business was gone regularly into again, and the multiplicity of public affairs, did occasion some delay in settling with these gentlemen; but this was a loss to the community more ...

— The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. I • Various

... general practice was for the House of Lords to seek the concurrence of the other House in the consignment of printed matter to the flames; a concurrence which in those days was of far more easy attainment over book-burning or anything else than it is in our own ...

— Books Condemned to be Burnt • James Anson Farrer

... no time for ceremonials, truly, Mr. Dunmore; yet, had family concurrence been perfect, it seems to me that her brother might have undertaken this mission. I have no wish to thrust myself undesired into any household circle at such ...

— Sea and Shore - A Sequel to "Miriam's Memoirs" • Mrs. Catharine A. Warfield

... purpose the oldest and most distinguished of their number. It is probable, in fact, that Romulus himself really made the selection, and that the action of the people was confined to some sort of expression of assent and concurrence, for it is difficult to imagine how any other kind of election than this could be possible among so rude and ignorant a multitude. The tribes were then subdivided each into thirty counts or counties, and each of these ...

— Romulus, Makers of History • Jacob Abbott

... It was like the break of day over some vast prospect with the "new city," as it were some celestial New Rome, in the midst of it. That divine companion figured no longer as but an occasional wayfarer beside him; but rather as the unfailing "assistant," without whose inspiration and concurrence he could not breathe or see, instrumenting his bodily senses, rounding, supporting his imperfect thoughts. How often had the thought of their brevity spoiled for him the most natural pleasures of life, confusing even his present sense of ...

— Marius the Epicurean, Volume Two • Walter Horatio Pater

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