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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Concert' | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Concert \Con*cert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Concerted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Concerting}.] [F. concerter, It. concertare, conertare, prob. from L. consertus, p. p. of conserere to join together; con- + serere to join together, influenced by concertare to contend; con- + centare to strive; properly, to try to decide; fr. cernere to distinguish. See {Series}, and cf. {Concern}.] 1. To plan together; to settle or adjust by conference, agreement, or consultation. It was concerted to begin the siege in March. --Bp. Burnet. 2. To plan; to devise; to arrange. A commander had more trouble to concert his defense before the people than to plan . . . the campaign. --Burke. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Concert \Con*cert"\, v. i. To act in harmony or conjunction; to form combined plans. The ministers of Denmark were appointed to concert with Talbot. --Bp. Burnet | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Concert \Con"cert\ (k[ocr]n"s[etil]rt), n. [F. concert, It. concerto, conserto, fr. concertare. See {Concert}, v. t.] 1. Agreement in a design or plan; union formed by mutual communication of opinions and views; accordance in a scheme; harmony; simultaneous action. All these discontents, how ruinous soever, have arisen from the want of a due communication and concert. --Swift. 2. Musical accordance or harmony; concord. Let us in concert to the season sing. --Cowper. 3. A musical entertainment in which several voices or instruments take part. Visit by night your lady's chamber window With some sweet concert. --Shak. And boding screech owls make the concert full. --Shak. {Concert pitch}. See under {Pitch}. | |
