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Con*cor"dat (?), n. [F. concordat, L. concordato, prop. p. p. of concordare. See Concord.] 1. A compact, covenant, or agreement concerning anything.

2. An agreement made between the pope and a sovereign or government for the regulation of ecclesiastical matters with which both are concerned; as, the concordat between Pope Pius VII and Bonaparte in 1801. Hook.

Con*cord"ist (?), n. The compiler of a concordance.

Con*cor"po*rate (?), v. t. & i. [L. concorporatus, p. p. of concorporare.] To unite in one mass or body; to incorporate. [Archaic.] Jer. Taylor.

Con*cor"po*rate (?), a. United in one body; incorporated. [Archaic] B. Jonson.

Con*cor`po*ra"tion (?), n. [L. concorporatio.] Union of things in one mass or body. [R.] Dr. H. More.

Con"course (?), n. [F. concours, L. concursus, fr. concurrere to run together. See Concur.] 1. A moving, flowing, or running together; confluence.

The good frame of the universe was not the product of chance or fortuitous concourse of particles of matter. Sir M. Hale.

2. An assembly; a gathering formed by a voluntary or spontaneous moving and meeting in one place.

Amidst the concourse were to be seen the noble ladies of Milan, in gay, fantastic cars, shining in silk brocade. Prescott.

3. The place or point of meeting or junction of two bodies. [Obs.]

The drop will begin to move toward the concourse of the glasses. Sir I. Newton.

4. An open space where several roads or paths meet; esp. an open space in a park where several roads meet.

5. Concurrence; co÷peration. [Obs.]

The divine providence is wont to afford its concourse to such proceeding. Barrow.

Con`cre*ate" (? or ?), v. t. To create at the same time.

If God did concreate grace with Adam. Jer. Taylor.

Con`cre*ma"tion (? or ?), n. [L. concrematio, fr. concremare. See Cremate.] The act of burning different things together. [Obs.]

Con"cre*ment (?), n. [L. concrementum, fr. concrescere. See Concrete.] A growing together; the collection or mass formed by concretion, or natural union. [Obs.]

The concrement of a pebble or flint. Sir M. Hale

Con*cres"cence (?), n. [L. concrescentia.] Coalescence of particles; growth; increase by the addition of particles. [R.] Sir W. Raleigh.

Con*cres"ci*ble (?), a. [F.] Capable of being changed from a liquid to a solid state. [Obs.]

They formed a . . . fixed concrescible oil. Fourcroy (Trans. ).

Con*cres"cive (?), a. Growing together, or into union; uniting. [R.] Eclec. Rev.

Con"crete (? or ?), a. [L. concretus, p. p. of concrescere to grow together; con- + crescere to grow; cf. F. concret. See Crescent.] 1. United in growth; hence, formed by coalition of separate particles into one mass; united in a solid form.

The first concrete state, or consistent surface, of the chaos must be of the same figure as the last liquid state. Bp. Burnet.

2. (Logic) (a) Standing for an object as it exists in nature, invested with all its qualities, as distinguished from standing for an attribute of an object; -- opposed to abstract. Hence: (b) Applied to a specific object; special; particular; -- opposed to general. See Abstract, 3.

Concrete is opposed to abstract. The names of individuals are concrete, those of classes abstract. J. S. Mill.