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concentre

[ kon-sen-ter, kuhn- ]

verb (used with or without object)

Chiefly British.
concentred, concentring.


concentre

/ ɒˈɛԳə /

verb

  1. to converge or cause to converge on a common centre; concentrate
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of concentre1

C16: from French concentrer; see concentrate
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You know, the one where “The wretch, concentred all in self / Living, shall forfeit fair renown”?

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Two to three years ago, there had been an expectation in government that a market of supply and demand would help deal with the low- to medium-end cyber-threats, leaving government to concentre on high-end threats.

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I can say that that countenance was all eye,—a vivid and burning intelligence concentred in orbs whose darkness was really light, flashing from thence over every feature.

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Even now, though so thoughtful, and even so sad, the rays of that eye were as concentred and steadfast as the light of the diamond.

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The former concentres the visible products of the brain and hand of man; the congress is the literary embodiment of its activities.

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