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Definition of Concentre
1. Verb. Bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions.
Generic synonyms: Adjust, Align, Aline, Line Up
Specialized synonyms: Refocus
Derivative terms: Focalisation, Focalization, Focus, Focus, Focusing
Definition of Concentre
1. Verb. (intransitive rare) To come together at a common centre. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive rare) To bring together at a common centre. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive rare) To condense, to concentrate. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Concentre
Literary usage of Concentre
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Poetical Works of Coleridge, Shelley, and Keats: Complete in One Volume by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats (1829)
"Here is no face on which I might concentre All the enraptured soul stirs up within
me. As among strangers! Not a trace is left Of all my former wishes, ..."
2. The Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Prose and Verse by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1853)
"Alas ! what danger Î Here is no face on which I might concentre All the enraptured
soul stirs up within me. 0 Lady ! tell me. Is all changed around me Í Or ..."
3. The Metaphysical Magazine by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1908)
"The word "concentre" was derived from the Latin con, (cum)—with, and centrum—centre.
From this root all the words of this line were derived, but "concentre" ..."
4. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"Der. conceivable, conceiv-abl-y, conceiv-able-ness ; concept-ion, qv ; conceit, q.
v, concentre, to tend or bring to a centre. (F.. ..."
5. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"To concentre, (kcn-sen'-ter) t>. n. To tend to one common centre.
Ta concentre, (kcn-sen'-ter) ra To direct or contract towards one centre. ..."
6. The Writings of George Washington by George Washington (1891)
"Should this happen, we must concentre our force as the enemy do theirs. You will,
therefore, upon the appearance of such an event, immediately make ..."
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