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noun

Concourse n.

A moving, flowing, or running together; confluence. "The good frame of the universe was not the product of chance or fortuitous concourse of particles of matter."

An assembly; a gathering formed by a voluntary or spontaneous moving and meeting in one place. "Amidst the concourse were to be seen the noble ladies of Milan, in gay, fantastic cars, shining in silk brocade."

The place or point of meeting or junction of two bodies. (Obs.) "The drop will begin to move toward the concourse of the glasses."

An open space where several roads or paths meet; esp. an open space in a park where several roads meet.

Concurrence; cooperation. (Obs.) "The divine providence is wont to afford its concourse to such proceeding."

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"Concourse" Quotes from Famous Books

... charger, and though he never was on horseback before, appeared with such extraordinary grace, that the most experienced horseman would not have taken him for a novice. The streets through which he was to pass were almost instantly filled with an innumerable concourse of people, who made the air echo with their acclamations, especially every time the six slaves who carried the purses threw handfuls of gold among the populace. Neither did these shouts of joy come from those alone ...

— The Arabian Nights - Their Best-known Tales • Unknown

... they were approaching the Thames near the environs of London, they saw a great concourse of people hooting and jeering at a small party ...

— The Outlaw of Torn • Edgar Rice Burroughs

... concourse of glorie Agrippa drewe to him with this one feate. And in deede hee was so cloyed with men which came to beholde him, that hee was fayne sooner than hee woulde, to returne to the Emperours court from whence ...

— The Vnfortunate Traveller, or The Life Of Jack Wilton - With An Essay On The Life And Writings Of Thomas Nash By Edmund Gosse • Thomas Nash

... the Mansion House about supper-time, we found somewhat of a concourse of people, the Governor and Council being in session on the subject of the disputed territory. The British have lately imprisoned a man who was sent to take the census; and the Mainiacs are much excited on the subject. ...

— Passages From The American Notebooks, Volume 1 • Nathaniel Hawthorne

... be vain to describe Betty's emotion as from the windows of the Verplanck mansion she watched the troops and the civil concourse, and realized that at last, after long years of heroic endurance, of gallant fighting, of many privations, the freedom of the Colonies was an accomplished fact. Miss Moppet and Peter flew from one window to another and cheered ...

— An Unwilling Maid • Jeanie Gould Lincoln

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