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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Concentrate \Con*cen"trate\ (? or ?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Concentrated}; p. pr & vb n. {Concentrating}.] [Pref. con- + L. centrum center. Cf {Concenter}.] 1. To bring to or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force; to fix; as to concentrate rays of light into a focus; to concentrate the attention. He concentrated whole force at his own camp. --Motley. 2. 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 {dilute}. Spirit of vinegar concentrated and reduced to its greatest strength. --Arbuthnot. Syn: To combine; to condense; to consolidate. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: concentrated adj 1: gathered together or made less diffuse; "their concentrated efforts"; "his concentrated attention"; "concentrated study"; "a narrow thread of concentrated ore" [ant: {distributed}] 2: of or relating to a solution whose dilution has been reduced 3: (intensely focused) "her concentrated passion held them at bay" 4: being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance; "a saturated solution" [syn: {saturated}] [ant: {unsaturated}] 5: reduced to a stronger or more concentrated form "condensed milk"; "concentrated sulfuric acid" [syn: {condensed}] [ant: {uncondensed}]
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