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concern'd

concern'd is the archaic form of concerned.

concern'd is the simple past and past participle of concern.

Meaning of concerned

Adjective

concerned (comparative more concerned, superlative most concerned)

  1. Showing concern.
    • There was a concerned expression on her face as I told her the news.
    Synonyms:
    solicitous
  2. Involved or responsible.
    • The people concerned have been punished.

Meaning of concern

Verb

concern (third-person singular simple present concerns, present participle concerning, simple past and past participle concerned)

  1. (transitive) 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.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts xxviii:31
  2. (transitive) To engage by feeling or sentiment; to interest.
    • A good prince concerns himself in the happiness of his subjects.
  3. (transitive) To make somebody worried.
    • I’m concerned that she’s becoming an alcoholic.

See all 9 meanings of concern

Forms of concern'd

comparativemore concern'd
superlativemost concern'd

Questions about concern'd

What is concern'd the archaic form of?
Concern'd is the archaic form of concerned.

Words near concern'd in the dictionary

  1. concern group
  2. concern troll
  3. concern trolled
  4. concern trolling
  5. concern trolls
  6. concern'd
  7. concern-troll
  8. concern-trolled
  9. concern-trolling
  10. concern-trolls
  11. concernable

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Adapted from Wiktionary: concern'd (page history and authors); concerned (page history and authors); concern (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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