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Concentrate
concentrate (? or ?), v. t.(imp. p.
pr. 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.
Spirit of vinegar concentrated and reduced
to its greatest strength.
Arbuthnot.
Syn. -- To combine; to condense; to consolidate.
concentrate (? or ?), v. i.To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate; as,
population tends to concentrate in cities.
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