Definition for CON-CENT'

CON-CENT', n. [L. concentus, from concino, to sing in accordance; con and cano, to sing.]

  1. Concert of voices; concord of sounds; harmony; as, a concent of notes. – Bacon.
  2. Consistency; accordance; as, in concent to a man's own principles. – Atterbury.

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