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verb

Concentrate v. t. (past & past part. concentrated; pres. part. concentrating)

To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force; to fix; as, to concentrate rays of light into a focus; to concentrate the attention. "(He) concentrated whole force at his own camp."

To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless material; to condense; as, to concentrate acid by evaporation; to concentrate by washing; opposed to dilute. "Spirit of vinegar concentrated and reduced to its greatest strength."

Synonyms: To combine; to condense; to consolidate.

Concentrate v. i. To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate; as, population tends to concentrate in cities.

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Etymology of 'Concentrate'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Concentrate" Quotes from Famous Books

... was riding just below the summit of the ridge, occasionally uplifting his head so as to gaze across the crest, shading his eyes with one hand to thus better concentrate his vision. Both horse and rider plainly exhibited signs of weariness, but every movement of the latter showed ceaseless vigilance, his glance roaming the barren ridges, a brown Winchester lying cocked across the saddle pommel, his left hand taut on the rein. Yet the horse he bestrode scarcely ...

— Keith of the Border • Randall Parrish

... of artistic ideals. The past, whether in the West or the East, when railways, telegraphs, telephones, newspapers, and all the adjuncts of modern progress were unknown, was the period when men did good and enduring work. They could then concentrate their minds upon their art free from those hundred-and-one discomposing and disconcerting influences which are the concomitants of modern civilisation. The true artist thinks only of his art; for ...

— The Empire of the East • H. B. Montgomery

... that quiet, iron look change but once. I will tell you about it. It was one of those days after the battle of Trenton, when he tried to concentrate the troops that he had scattered over the country, to bring them to bear upon the British. His object was to show the enemy that they could not ...

— Who Spoke Next • Eliza Lee Follen

... it happened, that three minutes after entering the room she was told to take her place beside the girl who had gone last to the board, and whose flushed face and angry eyes avoided meeting Elnora's. Being compelled to concentrate on her proposition she forgot herself. When the professor asked that all pupils sign their work she firmly wrote "Elnora Comstock" under her demonstration. Then she took her seat and waited with white lips and trembling limbs, as one after ...

— A Girl Of The Limberlost • Gene Stratton Porter

... it difficult to concentrate his attention. His gaze kept wandering back to the fire, in whose glowing depths he fancied he could see a perfect oval face with pleading eyes and dazzling ...

— Okewood of the Secret Service • Valentine Williams

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