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concentered

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con⋅cen⋅ter

  [kon-sen-ter, kuhn-]
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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
to bring or converge to a common center; concentrate.
Also, especially British, concentre.

Origin:
1585–95; < MF concentrer, equiv. to con- con- + centrer to center
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con·cen·ter   (kən-sěn'tər, kŏn-)   
tr. & intr.v.   con·cen·tered, con·cen·ter·ing, con·cen·ters
To direct toward or come together at a common center.

[Probably Italian concentrare or French concentrer : both from Latin com-, com- + Latin centrum, center; see center.]
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