concourse (kong kors)

[F. concours = Sp. Pg.concur so It.concorso, The coalition of the good frame of the universe was not the product of chance or fortuitous concourse of particles of matter. Sir M. Hale , Orig. of Mankind. By the concourse of story, place, and time, Diotrephes was the man St. John chiefly pointed at. Jer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), II. 153. 2. A meeting or coming together of people; an a embly; a throng; a crowd. Concourse in arms, fierce faces threatening war. Milton , P. L., xi. 641. Dryden, Æneid. The noise and busy concourse of the mart. Amidst the concourse were to be seen the noble ladies of Milan in gay fantastic cars, shining in silk brocade, and with sumptuous caparisons for their horses. Pre scott . 3. An a emblage of things; an agglomeration; a gathering; a cluster. Under some concourse of shades, Whose branching arms thick intertwined might shield From dews and damps of night his shelter'd head. Milton , P. R., iv. 404. 4t. The place or point of meeting; a point of contact or junction of two or more bodies. The drop will begin to move toward the concourse of the gla es. Newton . Hence - 5. A place for the gathering or resort of carriages with their occupants, as at a good point of view or of accommodation in a park or other public place.-6t. Concurrence; aid; coöper at i on. Why should he despair of succe , since effects naturally follow their causes, and the divine Providence is wont to afford its concourse to such proceedings? Barrow , Works, I. i. 7. In Scots law, concurrence by a person having legal qualification to grant it. Thus, to every libel in the Court of Justiciary the lord advocate's concourse or concurrence is nece ary.-Concourse of actions, in Scots law, the case where, for the same cause, a prosecution which proceeds ad vindictam public am and a prosecution or action ad civilem effectum go on concurrently. concreate (konkrē-āt), v. t. [ concrear, the concréer, concreate. To create with or at same time. [Obsolete or archaic.] A rule concreated with man. Feltham, Resolves, ii. 3. If God did concreate grace with Adam, that grace was neverthele grace. Jer. Taylor, Repentance, vi. § 4. concreate (konkrē-āt), a. [=Pg. concreado = It. concreato, All the faculties supposed concreate with human consciousne . Tr. for Alien . and Neurol., VI. 503.