concentre
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of concentre
C16: from French concentrer; see concentrate
Example Sentences
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In the ruin of the family, all hopes concentre in him.
From Henrik Ibsen by Gosse, Edmund
As the attributes of the poets of the kosmos concentre in the real body and soul and in the pleasure of things they possess the superiority of genuineness over all fiction and romance.
From Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books with Introductions, Notes and Illustrations by Eliot, Charles William
All his propensities appeared to concentre in his occupation and the promotion of his master's interest, from which he was drawn aside by no allurements of sensual or intellectual pleasure.
From Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Brown, Charles Brockden
Lorenzo sought to concentre all authority in the opulent few; but Savonarola, proceeding on the model of the best times of ancient Rome, endeavoured to vest the sovereign power in the hands of the people.
From Lives of the Necromancers by Godwin, William
As the attributes of the poets of the kosmos concentre in the real body, and in the pleasure of things, they possess the superiority of genuineness over all fiction and romance.
From Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Whitman, Walt
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