concentre
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of concentre
C16: from French concentrer; see concentrate
Example Sentences
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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
The colossal summits of Quito and Peru, towering above the limit of the perpetual snows, concentre all the peculiarities which must render them visible at very small angles.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 by Ross, Thomasina
It were not fit that the young should concentre themselves in so narrow a circle; nor do the young seem to have any such intention.
From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 by Walpole, Horace
This expedient may give a present relief; but it seems a most dangerous experiment to concentre so much power of resistance in one body of men appointed for life.
From Memoirs of the Courts and Cabinets of George the Third From the Original Family Documents, Volume 1 by Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville, Duke of
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
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