[con.cern] vb [ME, fr. MF & ML; MF concerner, fr. ML concernere, fr. LL, to sift together, mingle, fr. L com- + cernere to sift--more at certain] vt (15c) 1 a: to relate to: be about "the novel ~s three soldiers" b: to bear on
2: to have an influence on: involve; also: to be the business or affair of "the problem ~s us all"
3: to be a care, trouble, or distress to "her ill health ~s me"
4: engage, occupy "he ~s himself with trivia" ~ vi, obs: to be of importance: matter
[2]concern n (1655) 1 a: marked interest or regard usu. arising through a personal tie or relationship b: an uneasy state of blended interest, uncertainty, and apprehension
2: something that relates or belongs to one: affair
3: matter for consideration
4: an organization or establishment for business or manufacture
5: contrivance, gadget syn see care