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.
Conceiver
(Con*ceiv"er) n. One who conceives.
Concelebrate
(Con*cel"e*brate) v. t. [L. concelebratus, p. p. of concelebrare to concelebrate.] To
celebrate together. [Obs.] Holland.
Concent
(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.
Concenter
(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.
Concenter
(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.
Concentrate
(Con*cen"trate) 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.
Concentrate
(Con*cen"trate) v. i. To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate; as, population
tends to concentrate in cities.
Concentration
(Con`cen*tra"tion) n. [Cf. F. concentration.]
