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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Concentrate \Con*cen"trate\ (? or ?), v. i. To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate; as population tends to concentrate in cities. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Concentrate \Con*cen"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. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: concentrate n 1: the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore [syn: {dressed ore}] 2: a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water 3: a concentrated example; "the concentrate of contemporary despair" v 1: make dense or denser; of the solvent of a solution 2: focus one's attention on something [syn: {focus}, {center}, {centre}, {pore}, {rivet}] 3: make central; "The Russian government centralized the distribution of food" [syn: {centralize}] [ant: {decentralize}, {decentralize}] 4: make more concise; "condense the contents of a book into a summary" [syn: {condense}] 5: draw together or meet in one common center; "These groups concentrate in the inner cities" 6: compress or concentrate; "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan" [syn: {condense}, {contract}] 7: be cooked until very little is left as of sauces; "The sauce should reduce to one cup" [syn: {boil down}, {reduce}, {decoct}] 8: cook until very little liquid is left as of sauces; "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time" [syn: {reduce}, {boil down}]
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