concurrentadj.n.

Brit.

/kənˈkʌrənt/,

/kənˈkʌrn̩t/,

/kəŋˈkʌrənt/,

/kəŋˈkʌrn̩t/, U.S.

/kənˈkərənt/

Forms: Also Middle English–1600s -ant, 1500s -aunt(e.

Etymology: < Latin concurrent-em, present participle of concurrĕre : see concur v. and -ent suffix. Concurrens was common as an adjective in medieval Latin, and concurrent was used in French from 13th cent. French influence is perhaps accountable for the early spelling -a(u)nt.

A. adj.

a. Running together in space, as parallel lines; going on side by side, as proceedings; occurring together, as events or circumstances; existing or arising together; conjoint, associated.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > state or position of being parallel > [adjective]

concurrent1495

gemew1523

collaterala1527

parallelc1550

equidistant1570

lateral1598

non-concurring1705

the world > time > relative time > simultaneity or contemporaneousness > [adjective]

altogether?c1400

concurrent1495

contemporana1500

unison1582

coincident1598

coetaneal1614

coactivea1616

contemporal1621

synchronisticalc1624

coetanean1625

coetaneous1649

coinstantanean1652

synchronical1652

simultal1654

contemporary1656

contemporaneous1659

simultaneousa1660

coevous1660

synchronal1660

coexistent1662

implicit1662

synchronous1669

coexistinga1676

synchronistic1685

coeval1714

contemporany1721

synchronizinga1727

joint1765

coinstantaneous1768

consentaneous1775

coinciding1786

conterminating1805

synchronic1833

coincidental1845

parallel1859

homochronous1876

monochronic1905

co-occurring1951

co-occurrent1954

1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 32 §1 Every other thing concurrant that in that partie were requisite.

a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. B.iij Nor all the philosophers..were concurrant in one time, but after the death of one good, an nother came better.

1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. f. iiii Yf..it haue any other infyrmyte concurraunt with it.

1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 29 A broad, and deepe cauitie..through the which are concurrent, not a small number of tendons.

1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 3 There were..concurrent in his Person, three severall Titles to the Imperiall Crowne.

1667 R. Boyle Origine Formes & Qualities (ed. 2) Forms which..may be as fitly styl'd Coordinate or concurrent.

1740 S. Richardson Pamela Pref. p. xiv. The concurrent Voices of both Sexes.

1845 J. Williams Princ. Law Real Prop. i. viii. 129 The concurrent existence of two distinct systems of jurisprudence, is a peculiar feature of English law.

1878 Glen Public Health Act 1875 (ed. 9) vi. 254 Concurrent rates for repairs of Highways are invalid if made for the same period of time.

b. Meeting in or tending to the same point; esp. in modern Geometry of three or more lines.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > geometry > line > [adjective] > touching another

contingent?a1560

tangent1594

concurrenta1721

tangential1854

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

flocking1581

concurrent1879

a1721 M. Prior Conversat. 32 Like lines concurrent to their center.

1879 J. Ruskin Lett. to Clergy 44 The pressure of the concurrent crowd.

1881 J. Casey Sequel to Euclid 3 When three or more lines pass through the same point they are said to be concurrent.

1885 C. Leudesdorf tr. L. Cremona Elements Projective Geom. 155 If then four concurrent straight lines..are given.

2. Acting in conjunction; co-operating; contributing to the same effect.

ΘΚΠ

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

concurrent1532

co-operant1598

co-operative1603

concurring1633

brotherly1638

coefficient1665

co-working1670

synenergetical1682

conspiring1730

consentient1737

co-ordinate1769

synergetic1821

synergistic1832

synergic1836

synergetical1856

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

concurrent1532

conspiring1576

co-operant1598

co-operative1603

coadjuting1612

coadjutive1628

concurring1633

coadjutant1706

co-agent1840

coacting1843

synergetical1856

collaborating1872

1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 583/2 Manne can not tourne vnto him without..concurraunte helpe of goddes especial grace.

1540 R. Jonas in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde iii. f. lxxx^v Thre principal partes concurrent to the same.

1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 342 It is reall Baptism that is here mentioned, the Spirit being spoken of as a concurrent cause.

1706 D. Defoe Jure Divino xi. 10 Concurrent Parliament supports his Throne.

1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost ii. 36 He..gives them the concurrent assistance of His own power.

3. Accordant, agreeing, consistent, harmonious; expressing concurrence.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > [adjective]

samtalec1175

samentalea1300

accordingc1300

accordantc1350

covenablec1384

concordable1393

accorda1413

suant1418

consonant1489

convenablea1500

concordant1512

semblable1513

convenient1526

modulatec1530

harmonical1531

harmoniacal1536

agreeable1540

concurrent1542

suitable1568

concinne1569

harmonial1569

sympathical1570

tunable1573

coherenta1575

conspiring1576

well-consenting1579

well-consorted1583

congruous1599

high-tuned1603

symbolizing1611

unjarring1620

concording1627

congruenta1637

harmonious1638

friendlya1641

unclashing1642

complying1646

symphoniacal1650

consistent1651

consentaneous1652

consentivea1657

symbolical1667

concordiousa1670

sympathetic1673

congenerous1677

symbolizant1685

congenial1693

symphonious1743

harmonic1756

concentual1782

undiscordant1819

concordial1822

attuned1833

connate1836

sympathetical1848

concentuous1850

consenting1858

consilient1867

tuned in1958

the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > [adjective]

anmodOE

accordantc1350

concordable1393

ogrant?a1400

whole1413

agreeing1440

communala1470

concordant1477

agreeablea1525

greeinga1547

one-hearted?1584

consenting1589

well-tuned1592

consentient1622

concording1627

unanimousa1631

unanimate1633

homodox1656

concurrent1660

concerted1673

of one lip1677

homodoxian1716

harmonious1724

concurring1732

assenting1752

one-voiced1821

solidary1841

solidaire1845

solid1855

ditto-saying1892

assented1907

1542 A. Borde Compend. Regyment Helth x. sig. E.iv^v The contrarye vsage, whiche is not concurraunt with nature.

1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie xxiv. 76 This case to lordes and tenauntes is concurrant.

1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 145 in Justice Vindicated A concurrent consent of all Histories.

1763 J. Brown Diss. Poetry & Music iv. §19. 42 By Shouts of Sympathy or concurrent Approbation.

1772 W. Jones Ess. (1777) i. 164 The beauties of Yemen are proved by the concurrent testimony of all travellers.

1866 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 1st Ser. 136 The results are remarkable and concurrent.

a. Law. Covering the same ground (hence, in the case of titles = conflicting); having authority or jurisdiction on the same matters; co-ordinate.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal power > [adjective] > type of legal power or authority

concurrent?1530

arbitrary1581

praetorian1622

habitual1656

praetoriala1688

society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > [adjective] > type of title to possession

concurrent?1530

indirect1598

representative1688

?1530 St. German's Dyaloge in Englysshe ix. f. xxiii^v If two tytles be concurrant togyther, the eldest tytle shalbe preferryd.

1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin iv. 234 They had made the Count Rinucce concurrant with him in authoritie.

1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. 513 The chancery has a concurrent jurisdiction with them.

1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 40 In some of them the king's bench has also a concurrent authority.

1861 T. E. May Constit. Hist. Eng. (1863) I. vii. 462 Differences between concurrent jurisdictions, which no other power was competent to reconcile.

b. concurrent lease n. a lease made before another is expired, and so existing for part of the time side by side with the other.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > transfer of property > types of transfer > [noun] > lease > types of

lease-parole1590

custodiam1617

concurrent lease1629

building-lease1858

mijnpacht1887

1629 King James VI & I Instr. Bishops 30 Dec. (P.R.O.: SP16/153) f. 187^v That every Bishop who..shall be nominated by vs to another Bishopricke, shall..not presume to make any Lease for three lyues, or one of twenty yeares; or Concurrent Lease.

1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. 321 Where there is an old lease in being, no concurrent lease shall be made, unless where the old one will expire within three years.

1848 J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon 365/1 If a lease be made for life or years, to one, and afterwards the lessor make a lease for years, to another, the second lease is a concurrent lease..if the first lease be for twenty years, and the second lease be for thirty years, and both begin at one time, the second lease is good for the last ten years.

c. Fire Insurance. Used to signify that all the Companies insuring a particular risk have accepted equal or proportionate amounts of the total sum insured, and have adopted precisely similar policy wordings, clauses, and warranties, so that in the event of fire, all shall be assessed on one identical basis in the determination of their various contributory proportions of the loss.

ΚΠ

1873 C. Walford Insurance Cycl. II. 39 Concurrent Policies..are such as are concurrent as regards property covered without reference to average or other conditions.

1890 Lett. from Western Assurance Co. of Toronto has the phrases ‘£80,000 total concurrent insurance allowed’; ‘other insurances (concurrent in form) permitted without notice’, etc.

B. n.

1. A concurrent circumstance, a contributory cause.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > [noun] > subsidiary or contributory cause

by-grounda1603

occasion1605

by-cause1631

generant1635

concurrency1636

under-cause1645

causa causata1659

concurrent1667

occasional cause1728

condition1817

factor1851

1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) iv. xxi. sig. cc.i^v When all these condycyons shall be togyder & concurrentes.]

1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety vi. 139 Consider how few steps he has to the end of his unhappy journey, though no extrinsick concurrent should hasten his pace.

a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) I. iii. 59 Each of these three concurrents must be considered as a partial cause; for, abstract any one, and the effect is not produced.

2. A rival claimant, a competitor. Now rare (except as a Gallicism).

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > [noun] > competitor or rival

matchc1425

counter-companion1548

corrival1586

emulator1589

rival1590

concurrent1591

countermatcha1592

countermate1594

rivalis1616

competitor1656

co-rival1678

vierc1700

1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. iii. 137 Your maiesty..nourisheth a concurrent [L. aemulum].

1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall ii. f. 154^v S. Michaels mount looketh so aloft, as it brooketh no concurrent, for the highest place.

a1670 J. Hacket Cent. Serm. (1675) 313 A Rebel, that had set up a concurrent against his lawful King.

1747 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. I. 553 He could scarce keep his ground against his concurrent for the throne.

1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. I. 329 Like..his unknown concurrents in Germany.

1865 Morning Star 12 Dec. The Opposition favourite must, in the long run, beat all concurrents.

†3. A person or thing coexistent or contemporary with another. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > simultaneity or contemporaneousness > [noun] > contemporary

contemporany?a1475

contemporant1577

time-fellow1577

age mate1582

contemporana1600

coeval1605

coetane1610

collateral1614

contemporary1614

concurrent1622

coequal1631

contemporanean1633

coetanean1636

contemporista1641

temporary1649

synchronist1716

yealing1728

fellow1844

age-fellow1845

1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 246 If a Man should compare him with the Kings his Concurrents, in France and Spaine.

1668 J. Howe Blessedness of Righteous Disc. (1825) 126 But besides what it carries in itself, there are other (more extrinsical) concurrents that do further signalize this season.

4. Scots Law. One who accompanies a sheriff's-officer as witness or assistant.

ΚΠ

1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 189 Mac-Guffog, the thief-taker, and twa or three concurrents, had a man in hands in the kitchen.

1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. xii. 266 I ken it frae ane o' the concurrents, as they ca' them, that's warned to meet him.

5. In the Calendar:

†a. = epact n. 1b. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > reckoning of time > [noun] > epact(s) > epact of the moon on first day of year

epact1552

concurrent1561

1561 R. Eden tr. M. Cortés Arte Nauigation ii. vi. sig. Dvi^v The concurrent of euery yeare, is the number of the dayes passed of the coniunction of the Moone at the begynnyng of Marche.

1561 R. Eden tr. M. Cortés Arte Nauigation ii. vi. Dvii This nomber of Epact or concurrent is founde.

b. ‘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’ (Webster).

†6.

a. Used to render medieval Latin Concorezzenses, a subdivision of the Albigenses in 12–13th centuries, named from Concorezzo or Concoreggio in Italy: see Mosheim, 12th Cent., I. v. §5. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1580 W. Fulke T. Stapleton & Martiall Confuted 76 The Protestants are at great variance among them selues, not for learnings sake, as the Concurrents in Italye.

b. A false singular from concurrents, erroneous form of concurrence n.: cf. accidence n.¹

ΚΠ

1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 213 Whoeuer will..consider the comportment of the English Nation, the concurrent of martiall men.

1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. B^v The concurrent [1653 current] of her fame carries it to this day.

1665 J. Swan Speculum Mundi (ed. 3) iv. §2. 40 By their help and concurrant.

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

单词	concurrent
释义	concurrentadj.n. Brit. /kənˈkʌrənt/, /kənˈkʌrn̩t/, /kəŋˈkʌrənt/, /kəŋˈkʌrn̩t/, U.S. /kənˈkərənt/ Forms: Also Middle English–1600s -ant, 1500s -aunt(e. Etymology: < Latin concurrent-em, present participle of concurrĕre : see concur v. and -ent suffix. Concurrens was common as an adjective in medieval Latin, and concurrent was used in French from 13th cent. French influence is perhaps accountable for the early spelling -a(u)nt. A. adj. 1. a. Running together in space, as parallel lines; going on side by side, as proceedings; occurring together, as events or circumstances; existing or arising together; conjoint, associated. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > state or position of being parallel > [adjective] concurrent1495 gemew1523 collaterala1527 parallelc1550 equidistant1570 lateral1598 non-concurring1705 the world > time > relative time > simultaneity or contemporaneousness > [adjective] altogether?c1400 concurrent1495 contemporana1500 unison1582 coincident1598 coetaneal1614 coactivea1616 contemporal1621 synchronisticalc1624 coetanean1625 coetaneous1649 coinstantanean1652 synchronical1652 simultal1654 contemporary1656 contemporaneous1659 simultaneousa1660 coevous1660 synchronal1660 coexistent1662 implicit1662 synchronous1669 coexistinga1676 synchronistic1685 coeval1714 contemporany1721 synchronizinga1727 joint1765 coinstantaneous1768 consentaneous1775 coinciding1786 conterminating1805 synchronic1833 coincidental1845 parallel1859 homochronous1876 monochronic1905 co-occurring1951 co-occurrent1954 1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 32 §1 Every other thing concurrant that in that partie were requisite. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. B.iij Nor all the philosophers..were concurrant in one time, but after the death of one good, an nother came better. 1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. f. iiii Yf..it haue any other infyrmyte concurraunt with it. 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 29 A broad, and deepe cauitie..through the which are concurrent, not a small number of tendons. 1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 3 There were..concurrent in his Person, three severall Titles to the Imperiall Crowne. 1667 R. Boyle Origine Formes & Qualities (ed. 2) Forms which..may be as fitly styl'd Coordinate or concurrent. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela Pref. p. xiv. The concurrent Voices of both Sexes. 1845 J. Williams Princ. Law Real Prop. i. viii. 129 The concurrent existence of two distinct systems of jurisprudence, is a peculiar feature of English law. 1878 Glen Public Health Act 1875 (ed. 9) vi. 254 Concurrent rates for repairs of Highways are invalid if made for the same period of time. b. Meeting in or tending to the same point; esp. in modern Geometry of three or more lines. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > geometry > line > [adjective] > touching another contingent?a1560 tangent1594 concurrenta1721 tangential1854 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > [adjective] > towards each other or converging > of numbers of people flocking1581 concurrent1879 a1721 M. Prior Conversat. 32 Like lines concurrent to their center. 1879 J. Ruskin Lett. to Clergy 44 The pressure of the concurrent crowd. 1881 J. Casey Sequel to Euclid 3 When three or more lines pass through the same point they are said to be concurrent. 1885 C. Leudesdorf tr. L. Cremona Elements Projective Geom. 155 If then four concurrent straight lines..are given. 2. Acting in conjunction; co-operating; contributing to the same effect. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > [adjective] > operating together concurrent1532 co-operant1598 co-operative1603 concurring1633 brotherly1638 coefficient1665 co-working1670 synenergetical1682 conspiring1730 consentient1737 co-ordinate1769 synergetic1821 synergistic1832 synergic1836 synergetical1856 society > society and the community > social relations > co-operation > [adjective] concurrent1532 conspiring1576 co-operant1598 co-operative1603 coadjuting1612 coadjutive1628 concurring1633 coadjutant1706 co-agent1840 coacting1843 synergetical1856 collaborating1872 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 583/2 Manne can not tourne vnto him without..concurraunte helpe of goddes especial grace. 1540 R. Jonas in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde iii. f. lxxx^v Thre principal partes concurrent to the same. 1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 342 It is reall Baptism that is here mentioned, the Spirit being spoken of as a concurrent cause. 1706 D. Defoe Jure Divino xi. 10 Concurrent Parliament supports his Throne. 1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost ii. 36 He..gives them the concurrent assistance of His own power. 3. Accordant, agreeing, consistent, harmonious; expressing concurrence. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > [adjective] samtalec1175 samentalea1300 accordingc1300 accordantc1350 covenablec1384 concordable1393 accorda1413 suant1418 consonant1489 convenablea1500 concordant1512 semblable1513 convenient1526 modulatec1530 harmonical1531 harmoniacal1536 agreeable1540 concurrent1542 suitable1568 concinne1569 harmonial1569 sympathical1570 tunable1573 coherenta1575 conspiring1576 well-consenting1579 well-consorted1583 congruous1599 high-tuned1603 symbolizing1611 unjarring1620 concording1627 congruenta1637 harmonious1638 friendlya1641 unclashing1642 complying1646 symphoniacal1650 consistent1651 consentaneous1652 consentivea1657 symbolical1667 concordiousa1670 sympathetic1673 congenerous1677 symbolizant1685 congenial1693 symphonious1743 harmonic1756 concentual1782 undiscordant1819 concordial1822 attuned1833 connate1836 sympathetical1848 concentuous1850 consenting1858 consilient1867 tuned in1958 the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > [adjective] anmodOE accordantc1350 concordable1393 ogrant?a1400 whole1413 agreeing1440 communala1470 concordant1477 agreeablea1525 greeinga1547 one-hearted?1584 consenting1589 well-tuned1592 consentient1622 concording1627 unanimousa1631 unanimate1633 homodox1656 concurrent1660 concerted1673 of one lip1677 homodoxian1716 harmonious1724 concurring1732 assenting1752 one-voiced1821 solidary1841 solidaire1845 solid1855 ditto-saying1892 assented1907 1542 A. Borde Compend. Regyment Helth x. sig. E.iv^v The contrarye vsage, whiche is not concurraunt with nature. 1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie xxiv. 76 This case to lordes and tenauntes is concurrant. 1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 145 in Justice Vindicated A concurrent consent of all Histories. 1763 J. Brown Diss. Poetry & Music iv. §19. 42 By Shouts of Sympathy or concurrent Approbation. 1772 W. Jones Ess. (1777) i. 164 The beauties of Yemen are proved by the concurrent testimony of all travellers. 1866 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 1st Ser. 136 The results are remarkable and concurrent. 4. a. Law. Covering the same ground (hence, in the case of titles = conflicting); having authority or jurisdiction on the same matters; co-ordinate. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal power > [adjective] > type of legal power or authority concurrent?1530 arbitrary1581 praetorian1622 habitual1656 praetoriala1688 society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > [adjective] > type of title to possession concurrent?1530 indirect1598 representative1688 ?1530 St. German's Dyaloge in Englysshe ix. f. xxiii^v If two tytles be concurrant togyther, the eldest tytle shalbe preferryd. 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin iv. 234 They had made the Count Rinucce concurrant with him in authoritie. 1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. 513 The chancery has a concurrent jurisdiction with them. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 40 In some of them the king's bench has also a concurrent authority. 1861 T. E. May Constit. Hist. Eng. (1863) I. vii. 462 Differences between concurrent jurisdictions, which no other power was competent to reconcile. b. concurrent lease n. a lease made before another is expired, and so existing for part of the time side by side with the other. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > types of transfer > [noun] > lease > types of lease-parole1590 custodiam1617 concurrent lease1629 building-lease1858 mijnpacht1887 1629 King James VI & I Instr. Bishops 30 Dec. (P.R.O.: SP16/153) f. 187^v That every Bishop who..shall be nominated by vs to another Bishopricke, shall..not presume to make any Lease for three lyues, or one of twenty yeares; or Concurrent Lease. 1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. 321 Where there is an old lease in being, no concurrent lease shall be made, unless where the old one will expire within three years. 1848 J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon 365/1 If a lease be made for life or years, to one, and afterwards the lessor make a lease for years, to another, the second lease is a concurrent lease..if the first lease be for twenty years, and the second lease be for thirty years, and both begin at one time, the second lease is good for the last ten years. c. Fire Insurance. Used to signify that all the Companies insuring a particular risk have accepted equal or proportionate amounts of the total sum insured, and have adopted precisely similar policy wordings, clauses, and warranties, so that in the event of fire, all shall be assessed on one identical basis in the determination of their various contributory proportions of the loss. ΚΠ 1873 C. Walford Insurance Cycl. II. 39 Concurrent Policies..are such as are concurrent as regards property covered without reference to average or other conditions. 1890 Lett. from Western Assurance Co. of Toronto has the phrases ‘£80,000 total concurrent insurance allowed’; ‘other insurances (concurrent in form) permitted without notice’, etc. B. n. 1. A concurrent circumstance, a contributory cause. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [noun] > subsidiary or contributory cause by-grounda1603 occasion1605 by-cause1631 generant1635 concurrency1636 under-cause1645 causa causata1659 concurrent1667 occasional cause1728 condition1817 factor1851 1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) iv. xxi. sig. cc.i^v When all these condycyons shall be togyder & concurrentes.] 1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety vi. 139 Consider how few steps he has to the end of his unhappy journey, though no extrinsick concurrent should hasten his pace. a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) I. iii. 59 Each of these three concurrents must be considered as a partial cause; for, abstract any one, and the effect is not produced. 2. A rival claimant, a competitor. Now rare (except as a Gallicism). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > [noun] > competitor or rival matchc1425 counter-companion1548 corrival1586 emulator1589 rival1590 concurrent1591 countermatcha1592 countermate1594 rivalis1616 competitor1656 co-rival1678 vierc1700 1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. iii. 137 Your maiesty..nourisheth a concurrent [L. aemulum]. 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall ii. f. 154^v S. Michaels mount looketh so aloft, as it brooketh no concurrent, for the highest place. a1670 J. Hacket Cent. Serm. (1675) 313 A Rebel, that had set up a concurrent against his lawful King. 1747 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. I. 553 He could scarce keep his ground against his concurrent for the throne. 1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. I. 329 Like..his unknown concurrents in Germany. 1865 Morning Star 12 Dec. The Opposition favourite must, in the long run, beat all concurrents. †3. A person or thing coexistent or contemporary with another. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > simultaneity or contemporaneousness > [noun] > contemporary contemporany?a1475 contemporant1577 time-fellow1577 age mate1582 contemporana1600 coeval1605 coetane1610 collateral1614 contemporary1614 concurrent1622 coequal1631 contemporanean1633 coetanean1636 contemporista1641 temporary1649 synchronist1716 yealing1728 fellow1844 age-fellow1845 1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 246 If a Man should compare him with the Kings his Concurrents, in France and Spaine. 1668 J. Howe Blessedness of Righteous Disc. (1825) 126 But besides what it carries in itself, there are other (more extrinsical) concurrents that do further signalize this season. 4. Scots Law. One who accompanies a sheriff's-officer as witness or assistant. ΚΠ 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 189 Mac-Guffog, the thief-taker, and twa or three concurrents, had a man in hands in the kitchen. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. xii. 266 I ken it frae ane o' the concurrents, as they ca' them, that's warned to meet him. 5. In the Calendar: †a. = epact n. 1b. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > reckoning of time > [noun] > epact(s) > epact of the moon on first day of year epact1552 concurrent1561 1561 R. Eden tr. M. Cortés Arte Nauigation ii. vi. sig. Dvi^v The concurrent of euery yeare, is the number of the dayes passed of the coniunction of the Moone at the begynnyng of Marche. 1561 R. Eden tr. M. Cortés Arte Nauigation ii. vi. Dvii This nomber of Epact or concurrent is founde. b. ‘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’ (Webster). †6. a. Used to render medieval Latin Concorezzenses, a subdivision of the Albigenses in 12–13th centuries, named from Concorezzo or Concoreggio in Italy: see Mosheim, 12th Cent., I. v. §5. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1580 W. Fulke T. Stapleton & Martiall Confuted 76 The Protestants are at great variance among them selues, not for learnings sake, as the Concurrents in Italye. b. A false singular from concurrents, erroneous form of concurrence n.: cf. accidence n.¹ ΚΠ 1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 213 Whoeuer will..consider the comportment of the English Nation, the concurrent of martiall men. 1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. B^v The concurrent [1653 current] of her fame carries it to this day. 1665 J. Swan Speculum Mundi (ed. 3) iv. §2. 40 By their help and concurrant. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1495
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