Definition for CON'COURSE

CON'COURSE, n. [Fr. concours; Sp. concurso; It. concorso; L. concursus, from concurro, to run together; con and curro, to run.]

  1. A moving, flowing or running together; confluence; as, a fortuitous concourse of atoms; a concourse of men.
  2. A meeting; an assembly of men; an assemblage of things; a collection formed by a voluntary or spontaneous moving and meeting in one place. – Acts xix.
  3. The place or point of meeting, or a meeting; the point of junction of two bodies. The drop will begin to move toward the concourse of the glasses. – Newton. [This application is unusual.]

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