CONCENTRE

concenter, concentre, focalize, focalise, focus

(verb) bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

concentre (third-person singular simple present concentres, present participle concentring, simple past and past participle concentred)

(British spelling, archaic, intransitive) To come together at a common centre.

(British spelling, archaic, intransitive) To coincide.

(British spelling, archaic, transitive) To bring together at a common centre.

(British spelling, archaic, transitive) To focus.

(British spelling, archaic, transitive) To condense, to concentrate.

Synonyms

• (come together at a common centre): converge

Anagrams

• concenter, connecter, reconnect

Source: Wiktionary


Con*cen"ter, Con*cen"tre, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Concentered or Concentred (; p. pr & vb. n. Concentering or Concentring (.] Etym: [F. concentrer, fr. L. con- + centrum center. See Center, and cf. Concentrate]

Definition: To come to one point; to meet in, or converge toward, a common center; to have a common center. God, in whom all perfections concenter. Bp. Beveridge.

Con*cen"ter, Con*cen"tre, v. t.

Definition: To draw or direct to a common center; to bring together at a focus or point, as two or more lines; to concentrate. In thee concentering all their precious beams. Milton. All is concentered in a life intense. Byren.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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