Concert \Con"cert\ (k[o^]n"s[~e]rt), n. [F. concert, It.
concerto, conserto, fr. concertare. See Concert, v. t.]
1. Agreement in a design or plan; union formed by mutual
communication of opinions and views; accordance in a
scheme; harmony; simultaneous action.
All these discontents, how ruinous soever, have
arisen from the want of a due communication and
concert. --Swift.
2. Musical accordance or harmony; concord.
Let us in concert to the season sing. --Cowper.
3. A musical entertainment in which several voices or
instruments take part.
Visit by night your lady's chamber window With some
sweet concert. --Shak.
And boding screech owls make the concert full.
--Shak.
Concert pitch. See under Pitch.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |