■ verb
1》 relate to; be about.
↘affect or involve.
2》 worry (someone).
3》 ( be ~ed ) regard it as important to do something.
■ noun
1》 worry; anxiety.
2》 a matter of interest or importance.
3》 a business.
Phrases
as (or so ) far as someone/thing is ~ed as regards the interests or case of someone or something.
have no ~ with have nothing to do with.
to whom it may ~ used to address a reader whose identity is unknown.
Origin
ME: from Fr. ~er or late L. ~ere (in med. L. 'be relevant to'), from con- (expressing intensive force) + cernere 'sift, discern'.