concentrate
verb (used with object)
to bring or draw to a common center or point of union; converge; direct toward one point; focus.
concentrativeness
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a word derived from
concentrate.
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a word derived from
concentrative.
concentrativeadjectivetending to concentrate; characterized by concentration
Example Sentences
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Sidney Hinchford, be it observed here, made but a clumsy blind man; he had little of that concentrativeness of the remaining senses, which make amends for the deprivation of one faculty.
From Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 3 of 3) by Frederick William Robinson
The same power of concentrativeness that he so eminently possessed himself, he imparted, as if by magic, to his Government.
From Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I by Charles James Lever
He had a wonderful gift of concentrativeness, and a memory to match.
From The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax by Holme Lee
There goes a man of no business at all: very probably it is the best occupation he is fitted for, as he has no concentrativeness.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862 by Various
He was a man of varied, but not profound learning, an active intellect, giving and receiving impressions with equal facility, and with an unusual combination of concentrativeness and versatility in his nature.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860 by Various
