Middle English Dictionary Entry
concurren v.
Entry Info
| Forms | concurren v. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To operate in concert; (b) to concur or agree, as in opinion.
Associated quotations
a
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.287 : This vneschuale ordynaunce..Þat makeþ þe causes to concurren so, Þat alle þing disposeth kyndely In propre place and tymes.
b
- (1433) Proc.Privy C.4.149 : Yevyng hem in straite charge to concurre and be of oon opinioun and wille.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)176b/b : What so euer be seide here oþer ellis where and of who so euer it be seide, y sawe neuer neiþer y trowe it not þat þer be enye simpel medicine eiþer compounde in þe whiche þes two concurren..þat it corrode strongelye and hurte but litel.
Note: Supplemental material
Note: Belongs to sense (b). Add gloss: also, to occur simultaneously, co-occur.--per MLL