Part 422

Conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood. Is. lix. 13.

3. To apprehend by reason or imagination; to take into the mind; to know; to imagine; to comprehend; to understand. "I conceive you." Hawthorne.

O horror, horror, horror! Tongue nor heart Cannot conceive nor name thee! Shak.

You will hardly conceive him to have been bred in the same climate. Swift.

Syn. -- To apprehend; imagine; suppose; understand; comprehend; believe; think.

Con*ceive", v. i. 1. To have an embryo or fetus formed in the womb; to breed; to become pregnant.

A virgin shall conceive, and bear a son. Isa. vii. 14.

2. To have a conception, idea, or opinion; think; -- with of.

Conceive of things clearly and distinctly in their own natures. I. Watts.

Con*ceiv"er (?), n. One who conceives.

Con*cel"e*brate (?), v. t. [L. concelebratus, p. p. of concelebrare to concelebrate.] To celebrate together. [Obs.] Holland.

Con*cent" (?), n. [L. concentus, fr. concinere to sing together; con- + canere to sing.] 1. Concert of voices; concord of sounds; harmony; as, a concent of notes. [Archaic.] Bacon.

That undisturbed song of pure concent. Milton.

2. Consistency; accordance. [Obs.]

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.