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Webster 1913 Edition
Centre
{
Cen′ter
,Cen′tre
}Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Centered
or Centred
(sĕn′tẽrd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Centering
or Centring
.] 1.
To be placed in a center; to be central.
2.
To be collected to a point; to be concentrated; to rest on, or gather about, as a center.
Where there is no visible truth wherein to
center
, error is as wide as men’s fancies. Dr. H. More.
Our hopes must
center
in ourselves alone. Dryden.
{
, Cen′ter
,Cen′tre
}Verb.
T.
1.
To place or fix in the center or on a central point.
Milton.
2.
To collect to a point; to concentrate.
Thy joys are
centered
all in me alone. Prior.
3.
(Mech.)
To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center.