concentrative
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At all events, that concentrative, synthetical power, that takes in surrounding objects at a single glance, and retains them in a tolerably distinct classification, is rather enviable, even as a mental accomplishment.
From Border and Bastille by Lawrence, George A. (George Alfred)
C D is also concentrative, though less so than B C, and is more strongly sensational.
From A Newly Discovered System of Electrical Medication by Clark, Daniel
My feelings were too devoted, too concentrative, too all-absorbing, to leave me happy, even when they seemed gratified.
From Confession, or, the Blind Heart; a Domestic Story by Simms, William Gilmore
I'll see if I can't develop my concentrative faculty and introduce a few of the same performances in our show.
From The Sorcery Club by O'Donnell, Elliott
Even in agriculture, where close personal care and the limitations of a local market temper the larger tendency, the recent annals of Western America and Australia supply startling evidence of the concentrative force of machinery.
From Problems of Poverty by Hobson, J. A. (John Atkinson)
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