concentrate
concentrate is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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 Ant: dilute. Spirit of vinegar concentrated and reduced to its greatest strength. Arbuthnot.
- 2.To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate; as, population tends to concentrate in cities.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
- to combine
- to condense
- to consolidate
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- axial
- axis
- azygous
- backbone
- bring
- buoyancy
- center
- central
- centrality
- centralization
- centralize
- centrally
- centrical
- column
- concentration
- concentric
- converge
- convergence
- core
- eye
- focal
- focus
- gravity
- heart
- hotbed
- kernel
- marrow
- metacenter
- middle
- middlemost
- midst
- nave
- navel
- nucleolus
- nucleus
- oscillation
- percussion
- pith
- pole
- pressure
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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