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Postby Bailey » Fri Aug 17, 2007 7:30 pm

con·cur (kn-kûr)
intr.v. con·curred, con·cur·ring, con·curs
1. To be of the same opinion; agree: concurred on the issue of preventing crime. See Synonyms at assent.
2. To act together; cooperate.
3. To occur at the same time; coincide: icy sleet that concurred with a forceful wind.
4. Obsolete To converge; meet.



[Middle English concurren, from Latin concurrere, to meet, coincide : com-, com- + currere, to run; see kers- in Indo-European roots.]

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Postby Slava » Sat Aug 21, 2010 4:58 pm

I must concur on the worthiness of this word for the AA series here. A shame it has been passed over all these years.

Does anyone concur?
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Postby Stargzer » Sun Aug 22, 2010 2:47 pm

Con-cur: a criminal dog or a criminal's dog?
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