concentre

American  

[kon-sen-ter, kuhn-] / kɒnˈsɛn tər, kən- /

verb (used with or without object)

Chiefly British.

concentred, concentring

1. concenter.

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concentre British  

/ kɒnˈsɛntə /

verb

1. to converge or cause to converge on a common centre; concentrate

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Etymology

Origin of concentre

C16: from French concentrer; see _concentrate

Example Sentences

On laisse aller la trag�die jusqu'� la sc�ne o� Aristocles va pour placer le bandeau royal sur la t�te de Timophane, sous pr�texte que le peuple de Corinthe concentre son indignation.…

From The French Revolution A Short History by Johnston, R. M. (Robert Matteson)

Frail though and spent, and an-hungered for restfulness Once more responds he, dead fervours to energize, Aims to concentre, slack efforts to bind.

From The Dynasts by Hardy, Thomas

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

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 Poems By Walt Whitman by Rossetti, William Michael

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