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  1.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Concurrent \Con*cur"rent\, a. [F. concurrent, L. concurrens, p. pr. of concurrere.] 1. Acting in conjunction; agreeing in the same act or opinion; contributing to the same event or effect; cooperating. [1913 Webster]

    I join with these laws the personal presence of the kings' son, as a concurrent cause of this reformation. --Sir J. Davies. [1913 Webster]

    The concurrent testimony of antiquity. --Bp. Warburton. [1913 Webster]

    2. Conjoined; associate; concomitant; existing or happening at the same time. [1913 Webster]

    There is no difference the concurrent echo and the iterant but the quickness or slowness of the return. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

    Changes . . . concurrent with the visual changes in the eye. --Tyndall. [1913 Webster]

    3. Joint and equal in authority; taking cognizance of similar questions; operating on the same objects; as, the concurrent jurisdiction of courts. [1913 Webster]

    4. (Geom.) Meeting in one point.

    Syn: Meeting; uniting; accompanying; conjoined; associated; coincident; united. [1913 Webster]

  2.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Concurrent \Con*cur"rent\, n. 1. One who, or that which, concurs; a joint or contributory cause. [1913 Webster]

    To all affairs of importance there are three necessary concurrents . . . time, industry, and faculties. --Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster]

    2. One pursuing the same course, or seeking the same objects; hence, a rival; an opponent. [1913 Webster]

    Menander . . . had no concurrent in his time that came near unto him. --Holland. [1913 Webster]

    3. (Chron.) One of the supernumerary days of the year over fifty-two complete weeks; -- so called because they concur with the solar cycle, the course of which they follow. [1913 Webster]