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2. That which affects the welfare or happiness; interest; moment.

Mysterious secrets of a high concern. Roscommon.

3. Interest in, or care for, any person or thing; regard; solicitude; anxiety.

O Marcia, let me hope thy kind concerns And gentle wishes follow me to battle. Addison.

4. (Com.) Persons connected in business; a firm and its business; as, a banking concern.

The whole concern, all connected with a particular affair or business.

Syn. -- Care; anxiety; solicitude; interest; regard; business; affair; matter; moment. See Care.

Con*cerned" (?), a. [See Concern, v. t., 2.] Disturbed; troubled; solicitous; as, to be much concerned for the safety of a friend.

Con*cern"ed*ly (?), adv. In a concerned manner; solicitously; sympathetically.

Con*cern"ing, prep. Pertaining to; regarding; having relation to; respecting; as regards.

I have accepted thee concerning this thing. Gen. xix. 21.

The Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel. Num. x. 29.

Con*cern"ing, a. Important. [Archaic]

So great and so concerning truth. South.

Con*cern"ing (?), n. 1. That in which one is concerned or interested; concern; affair; interest. "Our everlasting concernments." I. Watts.

To mix with thy concernments I desist. Milton.

2. Importance; moment; consequence.

Let every action of concernment to begun with prayer. Jer. Taylor.

3. Concern; participation; interposition.

He married a daughter to the earl without any other approbation of her father or concernment in it, than suffering him and her come into his presence. Clarendon.

4. Emotion of mind; solicitude; anxiety.

While they are so eager to destroy the fame of others, their ambition is manifest in their concernment. Dryden.

Con*cert" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Concerted; p. pr. & vb. n. Concerting.] [F. concerter, It. concertare, conertare, prob. from L. consertus, p. p. of conserere to join together; con- + serere to join together, influenced by concertare to contend; con- + centare to strive; properly, to try to decide; fr. cernere to distinguish. See Series, and cf. Concern.] 1. To plan together; to settle or adjust by conference, agreement, or consultation.

It was concerted to begin the siege in March. Bp. Burnet.

2. To plan; to devise; to arrange.

A commander had more trouble to concert his defense before the people than to plan . . . the campaign. Burke.

Con*cert", v. i. To act in harmony or conjunction; to form combined plans.

The ministers of Denmark were appointed to concert with Talbot. Bp. Burnet