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Webster 1913 Edition

Concentrate

Con-cen′trate

(? or ?)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Concentrated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Concentrating
.]
[Pref.
con-
+ L.
centrum
center. Cf.
Concenter
.]
1.
To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force; to fix;
as, to
concentrate
rays of light into a focus; to
concentrate
the attention
.
(He)
concentrated
whole force at his own camp.
Motley.
2.
To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless material; to condense;
as, to
concentrate
acid by evaporation; to
concentrate
by washing
; – opposed to
dilute
.
Syn. – To combine; to condense; to consolidate.

Con-cen′trate

(? or ?)
,
Verb.
I.
To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate;
as, population tends to
concentrate
in cities
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Concentrate

CONCENTRATE

,
Verb.
T.
[See Concenter.]
1.
To bring to a common center, or to a closer union; to cause to approach nearer to a point, or center; to bring nearer to each other; as, to concentrate particles of salt by evaporating the water that holds them in solution; to concentrate the troops in an army; to concentrate rays of light into a focus.
2.
To increase the specific gravity of a body.

Definition 2024

concéntrate

concéntrate

See also: concentrate

Spanish

Verb

concéntrate

  1. Compound of the informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of concentrar, concentra and the pronoun te.

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