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noun

Concern n.

That which relates or belongs to one; business; affair. "The private concerns of fanilies."

That which affects the welfare or happiness; interest; moment. "Mysterious secrets of a high concern."

Interest in, or care for, any person or thing; regard; solicitude; anxiety. "O Marcia, let me hope thy kind concerns And gentle wishes follow me to battle."

(Com.) Persons connected in business; a firm and its business; as, a banking concern.

The whole concern, all connected with a particular affair or business.

Synonyms: Care; anxiety; solicitude; interest; regard; business; affair; matter; moment. See Care.

verb

Concern v. t. (past & past part. concerned; pres. part. concerning)

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." "Our wars with France have affected us in our most tender interests, and concerned us more than those with any other nation." "It much concerns a preacher first to learn The genius of his audience and their turn." "Ignorant, so far as the usual instruction is concerned."

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."

Concern v. i. To be of importance. (Obs.) "Which to deny concerns more than avails."

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... do so with careless sportiveness, intent he on the enjoyment of the sensuous pleasures of life, like an easy-going Epicurean. The great problems of destiny don't trouble the author, they are no concern of his, and the burden of his songs assuredly is, as his translator says, "If not 'let us eat, let us ...

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... important, observe, as matters of truth or fact. It may often chance that, as a matter of feeling, the tone is the more important of the two; but with this we have here no concern. ...

— Modern Painters Volume I (of V) • John Ruskin

... Richard now had every thing in his own hands, or, rather, almost every thing; for the queen and her family, being still in the sanctuary, were beyond his reach. He, however, had nothing to fear from her personally, and there were none of the children that gave him any concern except the Duke of York, the king's younger brother. He, you will recollect, was with his mother at Westminster when the king was seized, and she had taken him with the other children to the Abbey. Richard was now extremely desirous of getting ...

— Richard III - Makers of History • Jacob Abbott

... exhibition of the kind that is any where to be seen. It is only in a city where amusements of all kinds are sought for, not merely by way of relaxation, but as matters of serious interest and national concern, and where dancing, in particular, is an object of universal and passionate admiration, that such numbers of first-rate dancers can be found, as perform constantly at the Academie de Musique. The whole strength of the ...

— Travels in France during the years 1814-1815 • Archibald Alison

... "Do you concern yourself to ask that which a well-bred woman leaves unanswered?" she seemed to say, and a flush ...

— Forsyte Saga • John Galsworthy

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