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English Dictionary: Concerning	by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Concern \Con*cern"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Concerned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Concerning}.] [F. concerner, LL. concernere to regard, concern, fr. L. concernere to mix or mingle together, as in a sieve for separating; con- + cernere to separate, sift, distinguish by the senses, and especially by the eyes, to perceive, see. See {Certain}.] 1. To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to. Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ. --Acts xxviii. 31. Our wars with France have affected us in our most tender interests, and concerned us more than those with any other nation. --Addison. It much concerns a preacher first to learn The genius of his audience and their turn. --Dodsley. Ignorant, so far as the usual instruction is concerned. --J. F. Cooper. 2. To engage by feeling or sentiment; to interest; as, a good prince concerns himself in the happiness of his subjects. They think themselves out the reach of Providence, and no longer concerned to solicit his favor. --Rogers.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Concerning \Concern"ing\, prep. Pertaining to; regarding; having relation to; respecting; as regards. I have accepted thee concerning* this thing. --Gen. xix. 21. The Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel. --Num. x. 29.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Concerning \Concern"ing\, a. Important. [Archaic] So great and so concerning* truth. --South.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Concerning \Con*cern"ing\, n. 1. That in which one is concerned or interested; concern; affair; interest. [bd]Our everlasting concernments.[b8] --I. Watts. To mix with thy concernments I desist. --Milton. 2. Importance; moment; consequence. Let every action of concernment to begun with prayer. --Jer. Taylor. 3. Concern; participation; interposition. He married a daughter to the earl without any other approbation of her father or concernment in it, than suffering him and her come into his presence. --Clarendon. 4. Emotion of mind; solicitude; anxiety. While they are so eager to destroy the fame of others, their ambition is manifest in their concernment. --Dryden.