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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]:
concentrated
adj 1: gathered together or made less diffuse; "their concentrated
efforts"; "his concentrated attention"; "concentrated
study"; "a narrow thread of concentrated ore" [ant: {distributed}]
2: of or relating to a solution whose dilution has been reduced
3: (intensely focused) "her concentrated passion held them at
bay"
4: being the most concentrated solution possible at a given
temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance;
"a saturated solution" [syn: {saturated}] [ant: {unsaturated}]
5: reduced to a stronger or more concentrated form "condensed
milk"; "concentrated sulfuric acid" [syn: {condensed}]
[ant: {uncondensed}]
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