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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Center \Cen"ter\, Centre \Cen"tre\ v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Centered} or {Centred}; p. pr & vb n. {Centering} or {Centring}.] 1. To be placed in a center; to be central. 2. To be collected to a point; to be concentrated; to rest on or gather about as a center. Where there is no visible truth wherein to center, error is as wide as men's fancies. --Dr. H. More Our hopes must center in ourselves alone. --Dryden. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Centering \Cen"ter*ing\, n. (Arch.) Same as {Center}, n., 6. [Written also {centring}.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: centering n 1: the concentration of attention or energy on something "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology" [syn: {focus}, {focusing}, {focussing}] 2: (football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back [syn: {snap}]
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