preconcur
verb (used without object), con·curred, con·cur·ring.
1.
to accord in opinion; agree: Do you concur with his statement?
2.
to cooperate; work together; combine; be associated: Members of both parties concurred.
3.
to coincide; occur at the same time: His graduation concurred with his birthday.
4.
Obsolete. to run or come together; converge.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin concurrere to run together, meet, be in agreement, equivalent to con- con- + currere to run; cf. concourse, current
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin concurrere to run together, meet, be in agreement, equivalent to con- con- + currere to run; cf. concourse, current
Related forms
con·cur·ring·ly, adverb
pre·con·cur, verb (used without object), pre·con·curred, pre·con·cur·ring.
un·con·curred, adjective
un·con·cur·ring, adjective
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| —vb , -curs, -curring, -curred | |
| 1. | to agree; be of the same mind; be in accord |
| 2. | to combine, act together, or cooperate |
| 3. | to occur simultaneously; coincide |
| 4. | rare to converge |
| [C15: from Latin concurrere to run together, from currere to run] | |
| con'curringly | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
concur
1410, from L. concurrere "to run together," from com- "together" + currere "to run" (see current). Originally "collide, clash in hostility;" sense of "to coincide, happen at the same time" is 1596; that of "to agree in opinion" is 1590.
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