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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
concentrate \concen"trate\ ? or ?, v. 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.
      1913 webster

            he concentrated whole force at his own camp.
                                                  --motley.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            spirit of vinegar concentrated and reduced to its
            greatest strength.                    --arbuthnot.

   syn: to combine; to condense; to consolidate.
        1913 webster
see also:
concentrated concentrating concenter dilute 

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