• Concentre

    Pronunciation

    • US IPA: /ËŒkÉ‘nˈsÉ›ntÉ™r/

    Alternative forms

    Origin

    - + centre

    Full definition of concentre

    Verb

    1. (intransitive, rare) To come together at a common centre.
      • Bishop BeveridgeGod, in whom all perfections concentre.
      • 1804, William Clark, Journals of Lewis and ClarkCapt. Lewis walked on Shore above this Creek and discovered a high moun from the top of which he had an extensive view, 3 paths Concentering at the moun
    2. (transitive, rare) To bring together at a common centre.
    3. (transitive, rare) To condense, to concentrate.
      • 1829, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Devereux... the more we limit and concentre happiness, the more certain, I think, we are of securing it; they who widen the circle encroach upon the boundaries of danger;

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