- a variation of concenter.
concentre
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of concentre
C16: from French concentrer; see concentrate
Example Sentences
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It is in solitude that the powers concentre round the soul, and teach it the calm, determined path of virtue and wisdom.
From The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) by Marshall, Florence A. Thomas
That widespread enchantment seemed to concentre and embody itself mysteriously in her; she became its living manifestation.
From Toilers of the Sea by Hugo, Victor
When I walk on the banks of the Mole, Or recline 'neath our favourite tree, As the needle is true to the pole, So my thoughts still concentre in thee.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 363, March 28, 1829 by Various
I know now where they ought to concentre, and with the blessing of God, they shall there all tend.
From The Poetical Works of Henry Kirk White : With a Memoir by Sir Harris Nicolas by White, Henry Kirk
In the ruin of the family, all hopes concentre in him.
From Henrik Ibsen by Gosse, Edmund
You know, the one where “The wretch, concentred all in self / Living, shall forfeit fair renown”?
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2023
The existence of this lady was concentred in her precious gems.
From Tancred Or, The New Crusade by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
The emptiness and solitude of the great moors seemed to be concentred there, and Kirstie pointed out by that finger of sunshine for the only inhabitant.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston by Stevenson, Robert Louis
Whether Colours may be concentred by a sharp cold?
From Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Vol 1 - 1666 Giving some Accompt of the present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in many considerable parts of the World by Oldenburg, Henry
Desire almost concentred itself upon revenge against the object that threatened them.
From Queechy, Volume II by Warner, Susan
From sack'd Savanna, whelm'd in hostile fires, A few raw troops brave Lincoln now retires; 2l With rapid march to suffering Charleston goes, To meet the myriads of concentring foes, Who shade the pointed strand.
From The Columbiad by Barlow, Joel
Good management and good luck had so disposed it that the allied bands, concentring from points more than a thousand miles distant, reached the rendezvous on the same day.
From Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV by Parkman, Francis
In one, by twos and threes, young people, Hundreds concentring, walk'd the paths and streets and roads, Toward a tall-domed school.
From Leaves of Grass by Whitman, Walt
Terrestrial Heaven, danced round by other Heavens, That shine, yet bear their bright officious lamps, Light above light, for thee alone, as seems, In thee concentring all their precious beams Of sacred influence!
From The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' by Orchard, Thomas Nathaniel
And as the now advancing and concentring enterprise demanded more and more compacted vigor from him, he felt that he was having less and less to bring to it.
From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman
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