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Meanings of concentre in английском

Bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions.

Usage of concentre in английском
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In the ruin of the family, all hopes concentre in him.
Henrik Ibsen
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Eye and mind concentre, loyally, entirely, upon the business in hand.
Greek Studies: a Series of Essays
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Thus they interrupted the course of liberty only to improve, to concentre, to advance its results.
Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Book I
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So my thoughts still concentre in thee.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 13,...
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I know now where they ought to concentre, and with the blessing of God, they shall there all tend.
The Poetical Works of Henry Kirk White : With a Memoir by Sir Ha...
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Whatever turns the soul inward on itself, tends to concentre its forces, and to fit it for greater and stronger flights of science.
Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke
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It were not fit that the young should concentre themselves in so narrow a circle; nor do the young seem to have any such intention.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4
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In every zone, population is concentred at the mouth of tributary streams.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of Amer...
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The existence of this lady was concentred in her precious gems.
Tancred; Or, The New Crusade
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His actions, thoughts, and sufferings were all concentred on this one important end.
Charles Lamb: A Memoir
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The most distracting apprehensions were entertained All hopes were now concentred in the little 'Supply'.
A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson
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The late victorious forces now concentred themselves at Patay in the Orleanois; Joan advanced to meet them.
Lives of the Necromancers
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This simple truth concentres all the rays
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 / Devoted To L...
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This war was the strife of a united and concentred few against a divided and discordant many.
France and England in North America, Part VI : Montcalm and Wolf...
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They could without difficulty have concentred afresh their indignant feelings, but they seemed to want a leader.
Caleb Williams; Or, Things as They Are
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Above all, guard her against concentring attention on any malady that your fears erroneously ascribe to her.
A Strange Story — Volume 02
Frequent collocations
Concentre through the time