concoursen.

Brit.

/ˈkɒnkɔːs/,

/ˈkɒŋkɔːs/, U.S.

/ˈkɑnˌkɔrs/

Forms: Also Middle English -cours, -curs, 1500s–1600s -curse.

Etymology: Middle English concours , < Old French concours, concoers (= Italian concorso ) < Latin concursum (4th declension) running together, < participial stem of Latin concurrĕre : see concur v. The forms concurs in Wyclif and concurse in 16–17th cent. were probably formed directly from the Latin, or assimilated thereto. Formerly accented conˈcourse; still so in Milton; compare discourse, recourse.

a. The running or flocking together of people; the condition or state of being so gathered together. †to have concourse: to resort in crowds to, unto.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > [noun] > towards each other or convergence > of numbers of people

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repairc1390

confluence?a1475

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concursion1533

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conflux1614

concurrence1632

flocking1669

run1792

society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > come or go in great numbers

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to have concourse1555

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thwacka1652

stream1735

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > move towards [verb (intransitive)] > towards each other, converge > of numbers of people

flocka1400

afflue1483

to have concourse1555

concur1577

conflow1606

thwacka1652

pile1925

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xxiv. 12 Makinge concurs [a1425 L.V. concours], or rennyng to gidere, of the cumpany of peple.

1520 Chron. Eng. vii. f. 81^v/2 There was so myghty concours of people.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. x. f. 45 They haue religious concourse to these caues, as wee are accustomed to goo on Pylgramage to Rome.

1558 Abp. M. Parker Let. Dec. in Corr. (1853) (modernized text) 51 That I be not entangled now of new with the concurre (sic) of the world.

1596 T. Bell Suruey Popery i. iv. v. 131 Learned men of all nations had concourse vnto him.

1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 79 Riga, a citie of great concourse.

1611 Bible (King James) Prov. i. 21 Shee crieth in the chiefe place of concourse .

1642 Bp. J. Taylor Of Sacred Order Episcopacy (1647) 380 Then was a concurse of all Nations to the Christian Synaxes.

1748 Bp. J. Butler Serm. in Wks. (1874) II. 307 Neglected, in the hurry and concourse around them.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. 201 The main body is..increased by the accidental concourse of idle or dependent plebeians.

†b. Hostile encounter or onset. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > armed encounter > [noun]

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stourc1325

acounterc1330

meetingc1330

setc1330

showera1375

brusha1400

semblya1400

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poynyec1425

conflictc1440

militancea1460

grate1460

rencounter1471

chaplea1500

flitea1513

concourse?1520

concursion1533

rescounter1543

spurnc1560

rencontrea1572

discourse1573

action1579

combat1582

opposition1598

do1915

?1520 A. Barclay tr. Sallust Cron. Warre agaynst Iugurth xliv. f. 61 The other numidyans at the first brunt, concourse or assaut were put to flyght.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. vii. xxvi. 267 Between the formost, whose concurse had raised others, there was a sharpe conflict.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 641 Concours in Arms, fierce Faces threatning Warr.

2. An assemblage of people; a crowd, throng.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > of people or animals

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sameningc950

gatheringc1000

ymongOE

droveOE

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routc1300

assembly1330

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sembly1389

parliamenta1400

sankinga1400

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riotc1440

ensemblyc1500

unity1543

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congress1639

resemblance1662

boorach1704

group1711

parade1722

assemblage1742

roll-up1861

agora1886

c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) xxxix. 157 Þer was in the same cite a concurs of peple, by cause of a gret feyr.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. cxxxii. f. lxviii For this Myracle great concourse of people yerely..commith with great deuocion.

a1610 J. Healey tr. Cebes' Table in tr. Epictetus Manuall (1636) 106 A gate, about the which was a great concourse of people drawne.

1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Concourse, a great assembly.

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. ii. 16 The whole admiring concourse gazed on him.

1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. lxxiii. 598 Conventions..are not casual concourses, but consist of persons duly elected.

a. The running, flowing together, or meeting of things (material or immaterial); confluence. fortuitous concourse of atoms: a phrase applied after Cicero (cf. N.D. i. xxiv. 66 ‘concursus fortuitus’) to the action whereby according to the atomic theory of Leucippus and Democritus the universe came into being.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > [noun] > towards each other or convergence

concourse1398

recountera1470

congress1578

concurrency1597

flocking1604

confluence1606

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congression1611

closing1625

conflux1655

coition1656

concurrencea1661

convolation1676

concursion1692

convergence1713

convergency1794

the world > the universe > [noun] > origin > specific

abyssa1398

chaos1531

fortuitous concourse of atomsa1676

mundane egg1684

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) xii. v. 413 Some byholde concourse and metynge of dewes.

1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. biii Of the..concurse, diuerse collation, and Application of these Harmonies.

1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) i. ix. 34 The Passions principally reside in the hearte, as wee perceyve by the concourse of humours thereunto.

a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. i. 26 The coalition of the good frame of the Universe was not the product of chance, or fortuitous concourse of particles of matter.

1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. ii. 4 The fortuitous concourse of Atoms.

1864 F. C. Bowen Logic (1870) xii. 384 The mere fortuitous concourse of atoms, in the lapse of a past eternity.

†b. Conjunction: esp. in Astrology.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > planet > position of planet > aspect > [noun] > conjunction

conjunction1398

concourse1578

conjuncture1605

synod1646

syzygy1656

coition1678

appulse1684

1578 Bk. Christian Prayers in Private Prayers (1851) 534 Pestilent concourses of the heavenly lights.

1585 R. Greene Planetomachia ii. f. 3^v Of the concurse of Venus and Mars.

1633 H. Gellibrand in T. James Strange Voy. App. sig. R We haue the Concurse of quicke pac'd inferiour Planets, with superiour slow ones.

†c. Conjunction of times or circumstances. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > [noun] > conjunction of circumstances

concourse1642

conjunctiona1677

conjuncture1736

1642 Bp. J. Taylor Of Sacred Order Episcopacy (1647) 21 By the concurse of story, place, and time, Diotrephes was the Man S. Iohn cheifly pointed at.

1667 R. Boyle Origine Formes & Qualities (ed. 2) By a lucky concourse of other circumstances.

a1797 H. Walpole Mem. George III (1845) II. i. 32 It once more fell into our hands by a concourse of ridiculous circumstances.

4. An assemblage of things brought together.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun]

queleta1382

congregationc1384

numberc1400

hirselc1425

company1439

assemblement1470

bundle1535

sort1563

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concoursea1628

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comportation1633

racemationa1641

assembly1642

collect1651

assemblage1690

faggot1742

museum1755

pash1790

shock1806

consortium1964

a1628 J. Preston Breast-plate of Faith (1630) 113 In Christ, there is..a concourse, a heape of all spirituall joy and comfort.

1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) i. v. 9 Made up of a Concourse of Fibres, Ligaments and very smal Nerves.

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 401 Under some concourse of shades Whose branching arms thick intertwind [etc.] .

a1854 H. Reed Lect. Eng. Lit. (1878) i. 29 It is a bewildering thing to stand in the midst of a vast concourse of books.

†5.

a. The meeting or junction of lines, surfaces, or bodies. ? Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > nearness > [noun] > contiguity

toucha1398

contingence1561

concourse1570

admotion1603

collaterage1610

contact1626

contaction1628

contiguousness1639

contingencya1646

contiguity1648

concurrence1656

osculation1669

abuttal1797

tangency1813

touching1842

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [noun] > becoming joined

assembly1330

coition?1541

concourse1570

coiture1578

closea1616

concurrence1656

closing1793

join-up1969

1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. xi. f. 319^v The concurse of the said triangles will be in twelue pointes.

1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke iii. 185 When the vessells by concourse are so joyned together that one taketh in the mouth of the other.

1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) i. vi. 11 The Concourse or Anastomosis of the Veins.

1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 175 The point of concourse of the Rays.

1738 Med. Ess. & Observ. (ed. 2) IV. 259 The Candle A is the small luminous object, B C d e the Eye and a the point of Concourse.

†b. elliptical. Point or place of meeting; junction.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [noun] > a join or junction

juncturea1382

jointure1382

joiningc1384

commissure?c1425

shuttingc1440

concourse?a1560

abutment1644

internodium1653

shut1721

uniting1728

conjuncture1747

join1825

junction1841

?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) i. v. sig. Cij Fixe one foote of your compasse vppon the concourse or meeting of those two right lines.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. i. ii. iv. 29 The Middle ventricle, is a common concurse and cauity of both.

a1727 I. Newton Opticks (1730) iii. i. 368 The Drop will begin to move towards the Concourse of the Glasses.

1811 J. Wood Elem. Optics vii. 148 A screen placed at the concourse of the refracted rays.

†6.

a. Concurrence in action or causation, co-operation; combined action. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > [noun] > operating together

communiona1538

concurring1594

co-agency1611

concourse1635

co-working1670

synergy1820

synenergy1822

synergia1831

co-ordination1870

co-operancy1878

society > society and the community > social relations > co-operation > [noun]

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conspiring1561

concomitation1563

consort1590

concurring1594

concurrency1596

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communion1614

coadjutement1618

coaction1625

synergy1632

concourse1635

coadjuvancy1646

coactivity1659

co-operancya1670

synenergya1680

tandem1851

collaboration1860

coadjuvation1875

society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > [noun] > co-operation

concurrence1525

concurrency1596

concourse1635

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being combined > [noun] > action or fact of combining > of agents or causes

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concurrencea1631

concourse1635

1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi iv. §2. 67 When there is a naturall concourse of causes to effect it.

1682 J. Scarlett Stile of Exchanges 316 Then the Possessor [of a Bill] must enter with him who paid him in part, into a concourse between themselves, and both demand [the sum] of the others.

1686 R. Boyle Free Enq. Notion Nature 79 An Individual Body..needs the Assistance, or Concourse, of other Bodies, to perform divers of its Operations.

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 108 That this heat may burst into actual flame, the concourse of open air is absolutely requisite.

a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) II. xxi. 42 That their [sc. mind's and body's] mutual intercourse can, therefore, only be supernaturally maintained by the concourse of the Deity.

†b. esp. in Theology used of the divine concurrence in human action. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > activities of God > [noun] > cooperation in human action

concoursea1617

a1617 P. Baynes Comm. Ephes. (1658) 145 Gods concourse working this or that.

a1680 J. Corbet Humble Endeavour (1683) i. vi. 5 There is a concurse of God, as the Universal Cause, to every Act.

a1680 J. Corbet Humble Endeavour (1683) i. vi. 5 How the Divine concurse is yielded to sinful actions, shall be explained in its proper place.

18.. Lee Thesaurus Theol. III. 315 The general Concourse of His Providence.

c. Scots Law. Legal concurrence, esp. of an officer whose consent is necessary to a legal process.

ΚΠ

1626 in Sir J. Balfour Ann. Scot. (1824–5) II. 151 That you acquant the Lordes of Sessione and our aduocatts, as you shall haue occasione, and desyre ther concursse heirwnto.

1640 in J. Nicholson Minute Bk. War Comm. Covenanters Kirkcudbright 13 Nov. (1855) 92 To tak the advyse and requyer the concurs and assistance of the Committie of War.

1752 J. Louthian Form of Process (ed. 2) 33 C. D. you are indicted and accused, at the Instance of A. B. with Concourse of D. F. his Majesty's Advocate..of the Crimes after mentioned.

†7. Course, process (of time). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > [noun] > course or passage of time

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devolution1629

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progress1664

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wearing1876

c1400 Rom. Rose 4360 She [Fortune] can writhe hir heed awey, This is the concours of hir pley.

1654 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. Bentivoglio Compl. Hist. Warrs Flanders 13 In concourse of time it was discovered that, etc.

1657 Earl of Monmouth tr. P. Paruta Politick Disc. 119 After the concourse of many years it was carried by Cyrus.

8. An open space or a central hall in a large building, esp. in a railway station. Originally U.S.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > types of room by situation > [noun] > entrance-hall or vestibule > of public building

foyer1859

concourse1862

atrium1967

1862 Harper's Mag. Dec. 42/1 A group of cavaliers had assembled on the ‘Concourse’ at the Central Park.

1905 Daily Chron. 12 Jan. 8/3 Altogether, the station will be the most complete in America... The central hall, or ‘concourse’, as it is called, of the present station, is a beautiful building.

1908 Daily Chron. 22 June 4/4 The decorations of the foyer (or ‘concourse’, to use a new American term).

1909 Westm. Gaz. 20 Mar. 3/1 A thick brass rod running across the main hall, or ‘concourse’.

1911 Engineer 6 Oct. 363 A feature of the new building [sc. Baker Street Railway Station] will be a..concourse 80 ft. × 50 ft.

1939 Archit. Rev. 85 92 (caption) The main concourse looking towards the flying field.

1957 Spaceflight 1 72/1 Outside the auditorium there was a large ‘Concourse’ fitted up with enquiry desks and plenty of chairs.

1959 Cambr. Rev. 24 Oct. 63/2 The covered ‘concourse’ under the Hall resembles too much an underground station platform to attract.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	concourse
释义	concoursen. Brit. /ˈkɒnkɔːs/, /ˈkɒŋkɔːs/, U.S. /ˈkɑnˌkɔrs/ Forms: Also Middle English -cours, -curs, 1500s–1600s -curse. Etymology: Middle English concours , < Old French concours, concoers (= Italian concorso ) < Latin concursum (4th declension) running together, < participial stem of Latin concurrĕre : see concur v. The forms concurs in Wyclif and concurse in 16–17th cent. were probably formed directly from the Latin, or assimilated thereto. Formerly accented conˈcourse; still so in Milton; compare discourse, recourse. 1. a. The running or flocking together of people; the condition or state of being so gathered together. †to have concourse: to resort in crowds to, unto. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > [noun] > towards each other or convergence > of numbers of people concoursec1384 repairc1390 confluence?a1475 resort1485 recourse1516 concursion1533 affluence1579 afflux1603 conflux1614 concurrence1632 flocking1669 run1792 society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > come or go in great numbers flocka1400 to have concourse1555 concur1577 thwacka1652 stream1735 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > move towards [verb (intransitive)] > towards each other, converge > of numbers of people flocka1400 afflue1483 to have concourse1555 concur1577 conflow1606 thwacka1652 pile1925 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xxiv. 12 Makinge concurs [a1425 L.V. concours], or rennyng to gidere, of the cumpany of peple. 1520 Chron. Eng. vii. f. 81^v/2 There was so myghty concours of people. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. x. f. 45 They haue religious concourse to these caues, as wee are accustomed to goo on Pylgramage to Rome. 1558 Abp. M. Parker Let. Dec. in Corr. (1853) (modernized text) 51 That I be not entangled now of new with the concurre (sic) of the world. 1596 T. Bell Suruey Popery i. iv. v. 131 Learned men of all nations had concourse vnto him. 1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 79 Riga, a citie of great concourse. 1611 Bible (King James) Prov. i. 21 Shee crieth in the chiefe place of concourse . View more context for this quotation 1642 Bp. J. Taylor Of Sacred Order Episcopacy (1647) 380 Then was a concurse of all Nations to the Christian Synaxes. 1748 Bp. J. Butler Serm. in Wks. (1874) II. 307 Neglected, in the hurry and concourse around them. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. 201 The main body is..increased by the accidental concourse of idle or dependent plebeians. †b. Hostile encounter or onset. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > [noun] fightc893 coursec1325 stourc1325 acounterc1330 meetingc1330 setc1330 showera1375 brusha1400 semblya1400 hosting1422 poynyec1425 conflictc1440 militancea1460 grate1460 rencounter1471 chaplea1500 flitea1513 concourse?1520 concursion1533 rescounter1543 spurnc1560 rencontrea1572 discourse1573 action1579 combat1582 opposition1598 do1915 ?1520 A. Barclay tr. Sallust Cron. Warre agaynst Iugurth xliv. f. 61 The other numidyans at the first brunt, concourse or assaut were put to flyght. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. vii. xxvi. 267 Between the formost, whose concurse had raised others, there was a sharpe conflict. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 641 Concours in Arms, fierce Faces threatning Warr. View more context for this quotation 2. An assemblage of people; a crowd, throng. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > of people or animals lathingc897 sameningc950 gatheringc1000 ymongOE droveOE companya1275 routc1300 assembly1330 queleta1382 sembly1389 parliamenta1400 sankinga1400 concoursec1440 riotc1440 ensemblyc1500 unity1543 resorta1557 congress1639 resemblance1662 boorach1704 group1711 parade1722 assemblage1742 roll-up1861 agora1886 c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) xxxix. 157 Þer was in the same cite a concurs of peple, by cause of a gret feyr. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. cxxxii. f. lxviii For this Myracle great concourse of people yerely..commith with great deuocion. a1610 J. Healey tr. Cebes' Table in tr. Epictetus Manuall (1636) 106 A gate, about the which was a great concourse of people drawne. 1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Concourse, a great assembly. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. ii. 16 The whole admiring concourse gazed on him. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. lxxiii. 598 Conventions..are not casual concourses, but consist of persons duly elected. 3. a. The running, flowing together, or meeting of things (material or immaterial); confluence. fortuitous concourse of atoms: a phrase applied after Cicero (cf. N.D. i. xxiv. 66 ‘concursus fortuitus’) to the action whereby according to the atomic theory of Leucippus and Democritus the universe came into being. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > [noun] > towards each other or convergence concourse1398 recountera1470 congress1578 concurrency1597 flocking1604 confluence1606 contraction1610 congression1611 closing1625 conflux1655 coition1656 concurrencea1661 convolation1676 concursion1692 convergence1713 convergency1794 the world > the universe > [noun] > origin > specific abyssa1398 chaos1531 fortuitous concourse of atomsa1676 mundane egg1684 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) xii. v. 413 Some byholde concourse and metynge of dewes. 1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. biii Of the..concurse, diuerse collation, and Application of these Harmonies. 1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) i. ix. 34 The Passions principally reside in the hearte, as wee perceyve by the concourse of humours thereunto. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. i. 26 The coalition of the good frame of the Universe was not the product of chance, or fortuitous concourse of particles of matter. 1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. ii. 4 The fortuitous concourse of Atoms. 1864 F. C. Bowen Logic (1870) xii. 384 The mere fortuitous concourse of atoms, in the lapse of a past eternity. †b. Conjunction: esp. in Astrology. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > position of planet > aspect > [noun] > conjunction conjunction1398 concourse1578 conjuncture1605 synod1646 syzygy1656 coition1678 appulse1684 1578 Bk. Christian Prayers in Private Prayers (1851) 534 Pestilent concourses of the heavenly lights. 1585 R. Greene Planetomachia ii. f. 3^v Of the concurse of Venus and Mars. 1633 H. Gellibrand in T. James Strange Voy. App. sig. R We haue the Concurse of quicke pac'd inferiour Planets, with superiour slow ones. †c. Conjunction of times or circumstances. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > [noun] > conjunction of circumstances concourse1642 conjunctiona1677 conjuncture1736 1642 Bp. J. Taylor Of Sacred Order Episcopacy (1647) 21 By the concurse of story, place, and time, Diotrephes was the Man S. Iohn cheifly pointed at. 1667 R. Boyle Origine Formes & Qualities (ed. 2) By a lucky concourse of other circumstances. a1797 H. Walpole Mem. George III (1845) II. i. 32 It once more fell into our hands by a concourse of ridiculous circumstances. 4. An assemblage of things brought together. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] queleta1382 congregationc1384 numberc1400 hirselc1425 company1439 assemblement1470 bundle1535 sort1563 raccolta1591 bevy1604 crew1607 congest1625 concoursea1628 nest1630 comportation1633 racemationa1641 assembly1642 collect1651 assemblage1690 faggot1742 museum1755 pash1790 shock1806 consortium1964 a1628 J. Preston Breast-plate of Faith (1630) 113 In Christ, there is..a concourse, a heape of all spirituall joy and comfort. 1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) i. v. 9 Made up of a Concourse of Fibres, Ligaments and very smal Nerves. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 401 Under some concourse of shades Whose branching arms thick intertwind [etc.] . View more context for this quotation a1854 H. Reed Lect. Eng. Lit. (1878) i. 29 It is a bewildering thing to stand in the midst of a vast concourse of books. †5. a. The meeting or junction of lines, surfaces, or bodies. ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > [noun] > contiguity toucha1398 contingence1561 concourse1570 admotion1603 collaterage1610 contact1626 contaction1628 contiguousness1639 contingencya1646 contiguity1648 concurrence1656 osculation1669 abuttal1797 tangency1813 touching1842 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [noun] > becoming joined assembly1330 coition?1541 concourse1570 coiture1578 closea1616 concurrence1656 closing1793 join-up1969 1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. xi. f. 319^v The concurse of the said triangles will be in twelue pointes. 1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke iii. 185 When the vessells by concourse are so joyned together that one taketh in the mouth of the other. 1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) i. vi. 11 The Concourse or Anastomosis of the Veins. 1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 175 The point of concourse of the Rays. 1738 Med. Ess. & Observ. (ed. 2) IV. 259 The Candle A is the small luminous object, B C d e the Eye and a the point of Concourse. †b. elliptical. Point or place of meeting; junction. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [noun] > a join or junction juncturea1382 jointure1382 joiningc1384 commissure?c1425 shuttingc1440 concourse?a1560 abutment1644 internodium1653 shut1721 uniting1728 conjuncture1747 join1825 junction1841 ?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) i. v. sig. Cij Fixe one foote of your compasse vppon the concourse or meeting of those two right lines. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. i. ii. iv. 29 The Middle ventricle, is a common concurse and cauity of both. a1727 I. Newton Opticks (1730) iii. i. 368 The Drop will begin to move towards the Concourse of the Glasses. 1811 J. Wood Elem. Optics vii. 148 A screen placed at the concourse of the refracted rays. †6. a. Concurrence in action or causation, co-operation; combined action. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > [noun] > operating together communiona1538 concurring1594 co-agency1611 concourse1635 co-working1670 synergy1820 synenergy1822 synergia1831 co-ordination1870 co-operancy1878 society > society and the community > social relations > co-operation > [noun] co-operation1495 concurrence1525 conspiring1561 concomitation1563 consort1590 concurring1594 concurrency1596 concurrent1605 communion1614 coadjutement1618 coaction1625 synergy1632 concourse1635 coadjuvancy1646 coactivity1659 co-operancya1670 synenergya1680 tandem1851 collaboration1860 coadjuvation1875 society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > [noun] > co-operation concurrence1525 concurrency1596 concourse1635 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being combined > [noun] > action or fact of combining > of agents or causes conspiracya1538 conspiration1607 concurrencea1631 concourse1635 1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi iv. §2. 67 When there is a naturall concourse of causes to effect it. 1682 J. Scarlett Stile of Exchanges 316 Then the Possessor [of a Bill] must enter with him who paid him in part, into a concourse between themselves, and both demand [the sum] of the others. 1686 R. Boyle Free Enq. Notion Nature 79 An Individual Body..needs the Assistance, or Concourse, of other Bodies, to perform divers of its Operations. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 108 That this heat may burst into actual flame, the concourse of open air is absolutely requisite. a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) II. xxi. 42 That their [sc. mind's and body's] mutual intercourse can, therefore, only be supernaturally maintained by the concourse of the Deity. †b. esp. in Theology used of the divine concurrence in human action. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > activities of God > [noun] > cooperation in human action concoursea1617 a1617 P. Baynes Comm. Ephes. (1658) 145 Gods concourse working this or that. a1680 J. Corbet Humble Endeavour (1683) i. vi. 5 There is a concurse of God, as the Universal Cause, to every Act. a1680 J. Corbet Humble Endeavour (1683) i. vi. 5 How the Divine concurse is yielded to sinful actions, shall be explained in its proper place. 18.. Lee Thesaurus Theol. III. 315 The general Concourse of His Providence. c. Scots Law. Legal concurrence, esp. of an officer whose consent is necessary to a legal process. ΚΠ 1626 in Sir J. Balfour Ann. Scot. (1824–5) II. 151 That you acquant the Lordes of Sessione and our aduocatts, as you shall haue occasione, and desyre ther concursse heirwnto. 1640 in J. Nicholson Minute Bk. War Comm. Covenanters Kirkcudbright 13 Nov. (1855) 92 To tak the advyse and requyer the concurs and assistance of the Committie of War. 1752 J. Louthian Form of Process (ed. 2) 33 C. D. you are indicted and accused, at the Instance of A. B. with Concourse of D. F. his Majesty's Advocate..of the Crimes after mentioned. †7. Course, process (of time). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > [noun] > course or passage of time process1357 concoursec1400 coursec1460 successionc1485 passing-by1523 by-passing1526 slacka1533 continuancea1552 race1565 prolapse1585 current1587 decurse1593 passage1596 drifting1610 flux1612 effluxion1621 transcursion1622 decursion1629 devolution1629 progression1646 efflux1647 preterition1647 processus1648 decurrence1659 progress1664 fluxation1710 elapsing1720 currency1726 lapse1758 elapse1793 time-lapse1864 wearing1876 c1400 Rom. Rose 4360 She [Fortune] can writhe hir heed awey, This is the concours of hir pley. 1654 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. Bentivoglio Compl. Hist. Warrs Flanders 13 In concourse of time it was discovered that, etc. 1657 Earl of Monmouth tr. P. Paruta Politick Disc. 119 After the concourse of many years it was carried by Cyrus. 8. An open space or a central hall in a large building, esp. in a railway station. Originally U.S. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > types of room by situation > [noun] > entrance-hall or vestibule > of public building foyer1859 concourse1862 atrium1967 1862 Harper's Mag. Dec. 42/1 A group of cavaliers had assembled on the ‘Concourse’ at the Central Park. 1905 Daily Chron. 12 Jan. 8/3 Altogether, the station will be the most complete in America... The central hall, or ‘concourse’, as it is called, of the present station, is a beautiful building. 1908 Daily Chron. 22 June 4/4 The decorations of the foyer (or ‘concourse’, to use a new American term). 1909 Westm. Gaz. 20 Mar. 3/1 A thick brass rod running across the main hall, or ‘concourse’. 1911 Engineer 6 Oct. 363 A feature of the new building [sc. Baker Street Railway Station] will be a..concourse 80 ft. × 50 ft. 1939 Archit. Rev. 85 92 (caption) The main concourse looking towards the flying field. 1957 Spaceflight 1 72/1 Outside the auditorium there was a large ‘Concourse’ fitted up with enquiry desks and plenty of chairs. 1959 Cambr. Rev. 24 Oct. 63/2 The covered ‘concourse’ under the Hall resembles too much an underground station platform to attract. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1384
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