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con·cen·trate     (kŏn'sən-trāt')  Pronunciation Key 
v.   con·cen·trat·ed, con·cen·trat·ing, con·cen·trates

v.   tr.
    1. To direct or draw toward a common center; focus.
    2. To bring into one main body: Authority was concentrated in the president.
  2. To make (a solution or mixture) less dilute.

v.   intr.
    1. To converge toward or meet in a common center.
    2. To increase by degree; gather: "Dusk began to concentrate into full night" (Anthony Hyde).
  2. To direct one's thoughts or attention: We concentrated on the task before us.

n.   A product that has been concentrated, especially a food that has been reduced in volume or bulk by the removal of liquid: pineapple juice concentrate.


[From concenter.]

con'cen·tra'tive adj., con'cen·tra'tive·ly adv., con'cen·tra'tor n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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