In concent to his own principles.
Atterbury.
{ Con*cen"ter, Con*cen"tre } (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Concentered or Concentred (&?;); p. pr & vb. n. Concentering (?) or Concentring (&?;).] [F. concentrer, fr. L. con- + centrum center. See Center, and cf. Concentrate] To come to one point; to meet in, or converge toward, a common center; to have a common center.
God, in whom all perfections concenter.
Bp. Beveridge.
{ Con*cen"ter, Con*cen"tre }, v. t. To draw or direct to a common center; to bring together at a focus or point, as two or more lines; to concentrate.
In thee concentering all their precious beams.
Milton.
All is concentered in a life intense.
Byren.
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.
Con*cen"trate (? or ?), v. i. To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate; as, population tends to concentrate in cities.
Con`cen*tra"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. concentration.] 1. The act or process of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated; concentration.
Concentration of the lunar beams.
Boyle.
Intense concetration of thought.
Sir J. Herschel.