concenter

[ kon-sen-ter, kuhn- ]

verb (used with or without object)

1. to bring or converge to a common center; concentrate.

Word History and Origins

Origin of concenter¹

1585–95; < Middle French concentrer, equivalent to con- con- + centrer to center

Example Sentences

The salons of the leaders of ton in Paris are nightly filled with the literati, the artists, the soldiers and statesmen concentered in that brilliant capitol.

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With all these Spanish troops, well armed and abundantly supplied with ammunition concentering upon the place, President Cespedes realized that it would be impolitic to attempt to resist a siege.

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In her concentered did all graces dwell; God plucked my rose that he might take a smell.

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He groped his way to the door of the vault and listened, oh! so eagerly—all the faculties of his body and mind seeming concentered in his sense of hearing.

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The majesty of grand recollections seems concentered on the illustrious name of Columbus.—Ibid.

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