'Concerning' definitions:

Definition of 'Concerning'

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  • Concerning \Con*cern"ing\, prep. Pertaining to; regarding; having relation to; respecting; as regards. [1913 Webster]
  • I have accepted thee concerning this thing. --Gen. xix. 21. [1913 Webster]
  • The Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel. --Num. x. 29. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Concerning'

From: GCIDE
  • Concerning \Con*cern"ing\, a. Important. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]
  • So great and so concerning truth. --South. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Concerning'

From: GCIDE
  • Concerning \Con*cern"ing\, n.
  • 1. That in which one is concerned or interested; concern; affair; interest. "Our everlasting concernments." --I. Watts. [1913 Webster]
  • To mix with thy concernments I desist. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Importance; moment; consequence. [1913 Webster]
  • Let every action of concernment to begun with prayer. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Concern; participation; interposition. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Emotion of mind; solicitude; anxiety. [1913 Webster]
  • While they are so eager to destroy the fame of others, their ambition is manifest in their concernment. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Concerning'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ. --Acts xxviii. 31. [1913 Webster]
  • Our wars with France have affected us in our most tender interests, and concerned us more than those with any other nation. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • It much concerns a preacher first to learn The genius of his audience and their turn. --Dodsley. [1913 Webster]
  • Ignorant, so far as the usual instruction is concerned. --J. F. Cooper. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To engage by feeling or sentiment; to interest; as, a good prince concerns himself in the happiness of his subjects. [1913 Webster]
  • They think themselves out the reach of Providence, and no longer concerned to solicit his favor. --Rogers. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'concerning'

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