Part 2242

<blockquote>To all affairs of importance there are three necessary <b>concurrents</b> . . . time, industry, and faculties. <i>Dr. H. More.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One pursuing the same course, or seeking the same objects; hence, a rival; an opponent.</def>

<blockquote>Menander . . . had no <b>concurrent</b> in his time that came near unto him. <i>Holland.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Chron.)</fld> <def>One of the supernumerary days of the year over fifty-two complete weeks; -- so called because they <i>concur</i> with the solar cycle, the course of which they follow.</def>

<h1>Concurrently</h1> <Xpage=297>

<hw>Con*cur"rent*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>With concurrence; unitedly.</def>

<h1>Concurrentness</h1> <Xpage=297>

<hw>Con*cur"rent*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or quality of being concurrent; concurrence.</def>

<h1>Concurring</h1> <Xpage=297>

<hw>Con*cur"ring</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Agreeing.</def>

<cs><col>Concurring figure</col> <fld>(Geom.)</fld>, <cd>one which, being laid on another, exactly meets every part of it, or one which correspondends with another in all its parts.</cd></cs>

<h1>Concuss</h1> <Xpage=297>

<hw>Con*cuss"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>concussus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>concutere</ets>. See <er>Concussion</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To shake or agitate.</def> "<i>Concussed</i> with uncertainty."

<i>Daniel.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>To force (a person) to do something, or give up something, by intimidation; to coerce.</def>

<i>Wharton.</i>

<h1>Concussation</h1> <Xpage=297>

<hw>Con`cus*sa"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A violent shock or agitation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Concussion</h1> <Xpage=297>

<hw>Con*cus"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>concussio</ets>, fr. <ets>concutere</ets>, <ets>concussum</ets>, to shake violenty; <ets>con-</ets> + <ets>quatere</ets> to shake. See <er>Cashier</er>, <er>Quash</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A shaking or agitation; a shock; caused by the collision of two bodies.</def>

<blockquote>It is believed that great ringing of bells, in populous cities, hath dissipated pestilent air; which may be from the <b>concussion</b> of the air. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A condition of lowered functional activity, without visible structural change, produced in an organ by a shock, as by fall or blow; <as>as, a <ex>concussion</ex> of the brain</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Civil Law)</fld> <def>The unlawful forcing of another by threats of violence to yield up something of value.</def>

<blockquote>Then <b>concussion</b>, rapine, pilleries, Their catalogue of accusations fill. <i>Daniel.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Concussion fuse</col> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>one that is ignited by the concussion of the shell when it strikes.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- See <er>Shock</er>.</syn>

<h1>Concussive</h1> <Xpage=297>