Definitions for: Concerning


[adj] referring or directing attention to; "as to what we have discussed..."; "in relation to your inquiry..."; "income vis-a-vis expenditures"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.


Con*cern"ing, a.
Important. [Archaic]

So great and so concerning truth. --South.


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.

Synonyms: as to, in regard to, in relation to, regarding, related, related to, vis-a-vis, with reference to, with regard to, with respect to

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