concurrent 
the same plane ami another parallel to it an<l initially at 
unit of distance, due to the strain experienced l>y the same 
body. Sir ll'wi. Thomson (1858). 
II. n. 1. One who concurs ; one agreeing witli 
-or like another in opinion, action, occupation, 
etc. 
So noble and so disinterested cloth divine love make 
ours, tluit there is nothing besides the object of that love 
that we love more than our concurrent* in it, perchance 
out of a gratitude to their assisting us to pay a debt (of 
love and praise) for which, alas ! we tlnd our single selves 
but too insolvent. Boyle, Works, I. 277. 
All the early printers, like the rivals of Finiguerra at 
home, and his unknown concurrents in Germany, were 
proceeding with the same art [engraving]. 
1. D' Israeli, Amen, of Lit., I. 239. 
2. In Eng. lir, specifically, one who accom- 
panies a sheriff's officer as witness or assis- 
tant. 3. That which concurs ; a joint or con- 
tributory thing. 
To all affairs of importance there are three necessary 
concurrents, . . . time, industry, and faculties. 
Decay of Christian Pifty. 
4f. One having an equal claim or joint right. 
Tibni, the new competitor of Oniri, . . . died leaving 
no other successor than his concurrent. 
Raleigh, Hist. World, II. xix. 5. 
5t. A rival claimant or opponent ; a competitor. 
St. Michael's Mount looketh so aloft, as it brooketh no 
concurrent. R. Careu*, Survey of Cornwall. 
6. The day, or in the case of leap-year the two 
days, required to be added to fifty-two weeks to 
make the civil year correspond with the solar : 
so called because they concur with the solar 
cycle, whose course they follow. 
concurrently (kon-kur'ent-li), adv. In a con- 
current manner; so as to be concurrent; in 
union, combination, or unity ; unitedly. 
The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, . . . concurrently 
making one entire Divinity. 
Cudworth, Intellectual System, p. 619. 
He attributed the ill-feeling, which no doubt existed, 
concurrently with a certain amount of lax discipline in the 
sepoy army', to several causes. 
IT. //. Jtitssell, Diary in India, II. 122. 
COncurrentness (kon-kur'ent-nes), n. The 
state of being concurrent ; concurrence. Scott. 
concursiont (kon-ker'shqn), n. [< L. concur- 
sio(n-), a running together, concurrence, con- 
course, < concurrere, run together : see concur, 
concourse.] Concurrence. 
Their [atoms'] omnifarious concursions and combinations 
and coalitions. Bentley, Sermons, vi. 
concurso (kon-ker'so), n. [= Sp. Pg. concurso, 
< L. eoncursus, a running together, LL. an equal 
claim : see concourse.'] In civil law, the litiga- 
tion, or opportunity of litigation, between vari- 
ous creditors, each claiming, it may be adversely 
to one another, to share in a fund or an estate, the 
object being to assemble in one accounting all 
the claimants on the fund. It is usual in cases 
of insolvency and injunction against a debtor's 
further transactions. 
COncUSS (kon -kits'), v. t. [= It. concussare, < 
L. concussus, pp. of conctitere, shake together, 
shake violently, agitate, terrify, esp. terrify by 
threats in order to extort money, < com-, to- 
gether, + quatere, shake : see quash 1 , cans 1 , 
cash 1 , and cf . discuss, percuss.'} 1. To shake or 
agitate. [Rare.] 
Concussed with uncertainty. 
Daniel, To Sir Thus. Egerton. 
2. To force by threats to do something, espe- 
cially to surrender or dispose of something of 
value; intimidate into a course of action; co- 
erce : as, he was concussed into signing the docu- 
ment. [Rare.] 
concussant (kou-kus'ant), a. [< concuss + -ant; 
= It. concussante.] Of or resembling concus- 
sion or its effects; produced by concussion. 
[Rare.] 
A loud concussant jar. C. De Kay, Vision of Nimrod, iv. 
concussationt (kon-ku-sa'shon), . [Irreg. for 
concussion.] A violent shock or agitation. 
Vehement concttssations. Bp. Hail, Remains, p. 58. 
concussion (kon-kush'on), n. [= F. concussion 
= Sp. concusion = Pg. concussSo = It. concus- 
sione, < L. concussio(n-), a violent shock, extor- 
tion of money by threats, < concutere, pp. con- 
cussus, shake, shock: see concuss.] 1. The act 
of shaking or agitating, particularly by the 
stroke or impact of another body. 
It is believed that great ringing of bells in populous cit- 
ies hath dissipated pestilent air, which may be from the 
concussion of the air. Bacon, Nat. Hist. 
2. The state of being shaken; the shock occa- 
sioned by two bodies coming suddenly and vio- 
lently into collision ; shock ; agitation. 
A concussion of the whole globe. 
Woodward, Essay towards a Nat. Hist, of the Earth. 
1172 
3. In nurg., injury sustained by the brain or 
other viscera, as from a fall, a blow, etc. 
This element of concussion (i. e., the results of shake in- 
dependent of lesion) enters into almost every case of in- 
jury to the head. Quain, Sled. Diet., p. 141. 
4. In civil law, the act of extorting money or 
something of value by violence or threats of 
violence ; extortion. 
Then concussion, rapine, pilleries, 
Their catalogue of accusation till. 
Daniel, Civil Wai's, iv. 75. 
Curvature of concussion. See curvature. = Syn. 1 and 
2. CuUiniiin, etc. See shock. 
concussionaryt (kon-kush'on-a-ri), . [= F. 
coiicusxioiiHtiire = Sp. concusionario = Pg. It. 
eoneusnionario : as concussion + -(try 1 .] One 
guilty of the offense of concussion ; an extor- 
tioner. 
Publicke concussionary or extortioner. 
Time's Storehouse, p. 931. 
COnCUSSion-fuse (kon-kush'on-fuz), . A fuse 
which is ignited and explodes a shell by the 
concussion of the shell in striking. 
concussiye (kon-kus'iv), . [=It. coneussivo, 
< L. as if "coiicussivus, < concussus, pp. of con- 
cutere, shake : see concuss.] Having the power 
or quality of shaking by sudden or violent stroke 
or impulse ; agitating ; shocking. Johnson. 
concutient (kon-ku'shi-ent), a. [< L. concuti- 
en(t-)s, ppr. of concutere, strike together: see 
concuss.] Coming suddenly into collision; 
meeting with violence ; colliding. 
Meet in combat like two concutient cannon-balls. 
Thackeray, Virginians, xl. 
concyclic (kon-sik'lik), a. [< con- + cyclic.] 
In geom., lying on the circumference of one cir- 
cle ; also, giving circular sections when cut by 
the same systems of parallel planes : applied to 
two quadric surfaces which have this relation. 
condt, v. t. See cow 3 . 
condecencet (kon 'de- sens), n. [Written er- 
roneously candescence, and appar. regarded as 
a contr. of condescendence ; < OF. condecence, 
candescence, condessence, < ML. condecentia, de- 
cency, propriety, excellence, nobility, < conde- 
cen(t-)s (> It. Sp. Pg. condecente = OF. condc- 
cent), decent, excellent, ppr. of the impers. verb, 
L. condecet, it becomes, it is becoming, meet, 
seemly, < com- + decet, it becomes : see decent.] 
Nobility; excellence. [In the extract taken 
apparently as a contraction of condescendence.] 
See the candescence of this great king. 
T. Puller, Moderation of Church of Eng., p. 440. 
con delicatezza (It. pron. kon da-le-ka-tet'sa). 
[It., with softness: con, < L. cum, with ; delica- 
tezza, softness: see com- and dclicatesse.] In 
music, with delicacy. 
con delirio (It. pron. kon da-le're-o). [It., with 
frenzy : con, < L. cum, with ; delirio, < L. deliri- 
um, frenzy: see com- and delirium.] In music, 
with frenzy; deliriously. 
condemn (kon-dem'), v. t. [= F. condamner = 
Pr. condampnar = Sp. cnndenar = Pg. coudem- 
nar = It. condannare, condennare = D. kon- 
demneren = Dan. kondemnere, < L. condemnare, 
sentence, condemn, blame, < com- (intensive) 
+ damnare, harm, condemn, damn : see damn.] 
1. To pronounce judgment against ; express or 
feel strong disapprobation of ; hold to be posi- 
tively wrong, reprehensible, intolerable, etc. : 
used either of persons or things, with as, for, 
or on account of before an expressed ground of 
condemnation : as, to condemn a person for bad 
conduct, or as (sometimes colloquially for) a 
blackguard ; to condemn an action for or OH ac- 
count of its injurious tendency. 
Condemn the fault, and not the actor of it? 
Shak., M. for M., ii. 2. 
As for their new way of mingling mirth with serious 
plot, I do not, with Lisideius, condemn the thing, though 
I cannot approve their manner of doing it. 
Dryden, Ess. on Dram. Poesy. 
The Commons would not expressly approve the war; 
but neither did they as yet expressly condemn it. 
Macaulay, Sir William Temple. 
2. To serve for the condemnation of; afford 
occasion for condemning: as, his very looks 
condemn him. 
If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me. 
Job ix. 20. 
3f. To convict : with of. 
With such incomparable honour, and constant resolution, 
so farre beyond beleefe, they haue attempted and indured 
in their discoueries and plantations, as may well condemne 
vs of too much imbecillitie, sloth, and negligence. 
Capt. John Smith, True Travels, II. 203. 
4. To pronounce to be guilty, as opposed to ac- 
quit or absolre ; more specifically, to sentence 
to punishment; utter sentence against judicial- 
ly; doom: the penalty, when expressed, being 
condemned 
in the infinitive, or a noun or noun-phrase pre- 
ceded by to : as, to condemn a person to pay a 
fine, or to imprisonment. 
Thi' Son of man shall lie betrayed nnto the chief priests, 
and unto the scribes, and they shall eowtem/thim to death. 
Mat. xx. 18. 
He that believeth on him is not condemned. John iii. 18. 
At such Houre schal he dispoyle the World, and ledc his 
chosene to Blisse; and the othere schal !< he <""'< Mjinr t<> 
perpetuelle Peynes. Mandemlle, Travels, p. 114. 
The last Week Judge Rives condemn' d four in your 
Country at Maidstone Assizes. llowell, Letters, ii. 68. 
He seemed like some dead king, condemned in hell 
For his one sin among such men to dwell. 
William Morris, Earthly Paradise, II. 350. 
[Formerly the expression to condemn in a tine was used. 
And the king of Egypt . . . condemned the land in an 
hundred talent* of silver. 2 Chron. xxxvi. :<.] 
5. To demonstrate the guilt of, by comparison 
and contrast. 
The righteous that is dead shall condemn the ungodly 
which arc living. Wisdom iv. 16. 
6. To judge or pronounce to be unfit for use 
or service : as, the ship was condemned as un- 
seaworthy ; the provisions were condemned by 
the commissary. 7. To judge or pronounce 
to be forfeited; specifically, to declare (a ves- 
sel) a lawful prize : as, the ship and her cargo 
were condemned. 8. To pronounce, by judi- 
cial authority, subject to use for a public pur- 
pose. See condemnation, 1 (e).=syn. 1. TO cen- 
sure, blame, reprove, reproach, reprobate. 
condemnable (kon-dem'na-bl), a. [= F. con- 
damnable = Sp. 'condenabfe = Pg. cmtdemnavel 
= It. condfimiabilf, < LL. condemnabilis, < L. 
condemnare, condemn : see condemn.] Worthy 
of being condemned ; blamable ; culpable. 
Condemnable superstition. Sir T. Browne. 
And there is no reason why it should l>e allowable to eat 
broth for instance in a consumption, and be condemnable 
to feed upon it to maintain health. 
Boyle, Works, 6, Ref. 3. 
condemnation (kon-dem-na'shon), n. [= F. 
condamnatioii = Pr. condemnation, condempna- 
tion = Sp. condenacion = Pg. condcmnaqdo = 
It. condannagione, condannazione, condennazi- 
one, < LL. condemnatio(n-), < L. condemnare,vn. 
condemnatus, condemn : see condemn.] 1. The 
act of condemning, (a) The act of judging or pro- 
nouncing to be objectionable, culpable, or criminal. (6) 
The judicial act of declaring to be guilty and of dooming 
to punishment. 
There is therefore now no condemnation to them. 
Bom. viii. 1. 
A legal and judicial condemnation. 
Paley, Moral Philos., Hi. 3. 
(c) The act of judicially or officially declaring something 
to be unfit for use or service : as, the condemnation of a 
ship that is unseaworthy, or a building that is unsafe, (d) 
The act of a court of competent jurisdiction in adjudging 
a prize or captured vessel to have been lawfully captured. 
Jiapalje and Lawrence, (e) The act of determining and 
declaring, after due process of law, that some specific 
property is required for public use, and must be surren- 
dered by the owner on payment of damages to be deter- 
mined by commissioners or a jury : as, the condemnation of 
private lands for a highway, a railroad, a public park, etc. 
2. Strong censure ; disapprobation ; reproof. 
O perilous mouths, 
That bear in them one and the self-same tongue, 
Either of condemnation or approof ! 
Shak., M. for M., ii. 4. 
How can they admit of teaching who have the condem- 
nation of God already upon them for refusing divine in- 
struction? Milton, Apology for Smectymnuus. 
3f. Adverse judgment ; the amount of a judg- 
ment against one. Blackstone. 4. The state 
of being condemned. 
His pathetic appeal to posterity in the hopeless hour of 
condemnation. //<///</. 
5. The cause or reason of a sentence of guilt 
or punishment. 
This is the condemnation, that light is come into the 
world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because 
their deeds were evil. John iii. Ii). 
condemnatory (kqn-dem'na-to-ri), a. [= F. 
condamnatoire = Pr. condempnatori = Sp. con- 
denatorio = Pg. condemnatorio = It. condanna- 
torio, < L. as if "condemnatorius, < condemnare, 
condemn: see condemn.] Condemning; con- 
veying condemnation or censure : as, a condem- 
natory sentence or decree. 
A severe condemnatory prayer. 
Clarke, Works, II. clxxiii. 
condemned (kon-demd'), p. a. [Pp. of con- 
demn, r.] 1." Under condemnation or sen- 
tence ; doomed : applied to persons : as, a con- 
demned murderer. 
The Tyrant Nero, though not yet deserving that name, 
sett his hand so unwillingly to the execution of a con- 
demned Person, as to wish Hee had not known letters. 
Milton, Eikonoklastes, ix. 
