9 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
verb bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions
origin(late 16th century) From a Romance language, see French concentrer, Italian concentràre, Spanish concentrar; alternatively from Medieval Latin/New Latin concentrō. By surface analysis, con- + centre. Doublet of concentrate.
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