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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. [1913 Webster] 2. To be collected to a point; to be concentrated; to rest on, or gather about, as a center. [1913 Webster] Where there is no visible truth wherein to center, error is as wide as men's fancies. --Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To collect to a point; to concentrate. [1913 Webster] Thy joys are centered all in me alone. --Prior. [1913 Webster] 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] [WordNet 1.5] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: Centre n 1: a low-lying region in central France 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}, {centre}, {middle}, {heart}, {eye}] 3: a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure [syn: {center}, {centre}, {midpoint}] 4: a place where some particular activity is concentrated; "they received messages from several centers" [syn: {center}, {centre}] 5: the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering [syn: {center}, {centre}] 6: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story" [syn: {kernel}, {substance}, {core}, {center}, {centre}, {essence}, {gist}, {heart}, {heart and soul}, {inwardness}, {marrow}, {meat}, {nub}, {pith}, {sum}, {nitty- gritty}] 7: the object upon which interest and attention focuses; "his stories made him the center of the party" [syn: {center}, {centre}, {center of attention}, {centre of attention}] 8: a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process; "in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere" [syn: {center}, {centre}, {nerve center}, {nerve centre}] 9: a building dedicated to a particular activity; "they were raising money to build a new center for research" [syn: {center}, {centre}] v 1: move into the center; "That vase in the picture is not centered" [syn: {center}, {centre}] 2: direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies" [syn: {concentrate}, {focus}, {center}, {centre}, {pore}, {rivet}] From French-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.4 [fd-fra-eng]: centre /sɑ̃tʀ/ centre; core; nucleus; kernel; pit; average; mean; middle