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Concentrative

Con-cen′tra-tive

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Adj.
Serving or tending to concentrate; characterized by concentration.
A discrimination is only possible by a
concentrative
act, or act of attention.
Sir W. Hamilton.

Definition 2024


concentrative

concentrative

English

Adjective

concentrative (comparative more concentrative, superlative most concentrative)

  1. Characterised by concentration.
    • 1841, Edgar Allan Poe, "The Murders in the Rue Morgue":
      To observe attentively is to remember distinctly; and, so far, the concentrative chess-player will do very well at whist [...].