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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of concentre.

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Examples

  • Flat upon the ground, the small army concentred on the igloo, and behind, deliciously expectant, crouched many women and children, come out to witness the murder.

    THE SUNLANDERS 2010

  • The property of this country is absolutely concentred in a very few hands, having revenues of from half a million of guineas a year downwards.

    “Coarsening.” - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009

  • The property of this country is absolutely concentred in a very few hands, having revenues of from half a million of guineas a year downwards … I am conscious that an equal division of property is impracticable.

    Think Progress » Church Uses Marquee To Speak Out Against Beck: ‘Sorry Mr Beck, Jesus Preached Social Justice’ 2010

  • But all presently concentred in one domineering sentiment of sharp repentance for what she had apparently undertaken.

    Camilla 2008

  • It was easy for him then to meet those fair concentred eyes, when the sunshades were thrown back, and complexions forgotten, in the interest of the history.

    The Hand of Ethelberta 2006

  • The girl, spreading herself to the best advantage, with her head upon the pillow, was so concentred in what she was about, that our presence seemed the least of her care and concern.

    Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure 2004

  • For by this time he had artfully concentred and kindled up all the inflammable ingredients of her constitution; and she now looked back upon the virtuous principles of her education, as upon a disagreeable and tedious dream, from which she had waked to the fruition of never-fading joy.

    The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom 2004

  • One of their adopted children died before it was baptized; so that their care concentred in the other, for whom they stood sponsors.

    The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle 2004

  • Maddalo is proud, because I can find no other word to express the concentred and impatient feelings which consume him; but it is on his own hopes and affections only that he seems to trample, for in social life no human being can be more gentle, patient and unassuming than Maddalo.

    The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley 2003

  • We were, however, consoled by reflecting, that every thing which zeal, fortitude, and seamanship, could produce, was concentred in her commander.

    The Settlement at Port Jackson 2003

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