From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
Centre
n 1: a low-lying region in central France [syn: Centre]
2: an area that is approximately central within some larger
region; "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward
into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of
the storm" [syn: center, middle, heart, eye]
3: a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the
extremities of a figure [syn: center, midpoint]
4: a place where some particular activity is concentrated;
"they received messages from several centers" [syn:
center]
5: the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is
enclosed in chocolate or some other covering [syn:
center]
6: a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily
process; "in most people the speech center is in the left
hemisphere" [syn: center, nerve center, {nerve
centre}]
7: a building dedicated to a particular activity; "they were
raising money to build a new center for research" [syn:
center]
v 1: move into the center; "That vase in the picture is not
centered" [syn: center]
2: direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your
studies and not on your hobbies" [syn: concentrate,
focus, center, pore, rivet]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Center \Cen"ter\, Centre \Cen"tre\ v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Centered or Centred (s[e^]n"t[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Centering or Centring.]
1. To be placed in a center; to be central.
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2. To be collected to a point; to be concentrated; to rest
on, or gather about, as a center.
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Where there is no visible truth wherein to center,
error is as wide as men's fancies. --Dr. H. More.
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Our hopes must center in ourselves alone. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster] Center
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Center \Cen"ter\, Centre \Cen"tre\, v. t.
1. To place or fix in the center or on a central point.
--Milton.
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2. To collect to a point; to concentrate.
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Thy joys are centered all in me alone. --Prior.
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3. (Mech.) To form a recess or indentation for the reception
of a center.
[1913 Webster] Centerbit
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
centre \cen"tre\, n. & v.
See Center. [chiefly British]
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