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Definition of Concerning

Concerning
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.
Concerning
Concerning Con*cern"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.
Concerning
Concerning Con*cern"ing, a. Important. [Archaic] So great and so concerning truth. --South.
Concerning
Concerning Con*cern"ing, n. 1. That in which one is concerned or interested; concern; affair; interest. ``Our everlasting concernments.' --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.

Meaning of Concerning from wikipedia

- "Concerning the Jews" is an 1899 short essay by Mark Twain. Twain had lived in Austria during 1896, and opined that the Habsburg empire used Jews as scapegoats...
- An Essay Concerning Human Understanding is a work by John Locke concerning the foundation of human knowledge and understanding. It first appeared in 1689...
- An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is a book by the Scottish empiricist philosopher David Hume, published in English in 1748. It was a revision...
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- four years later (London 1651) under the title Philosophicall rudiments concerning government and society. It anti****tes themes of the better-known Leviathan...
- ded][page needed][page needed] Both conferences included negotiations concerning disarmament, the laws of war and war crimes. A major effort in both conferences...
- descending series of circles, triangles, and squares. Kandinsky's book Concerning the Spiritual in Art (1910) and Point and Line to Plane (1926) echoed...
- The Dialogus de Scaccario, or Dialogue concerning the Exchequer, is a mediaeval treatise on the practice of the English Exchequer written in the late 12th...
- The Question Concerning Technology (German: Die Frage nach der Technik) is a work by Martin Heidegger, in which the author discusses the essence of technology...
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