CONCENTRATE

I. verb (-trated; -trating) Etymology: com- + Latin centrum center Date: 1641 transitive verb 1. to bring or direct toward a common center or objective ; focus , to gather into one body, mass, or force , to accumulate (a toxic substance) in bodily tissues , 2. to make less dilute , to express or exhibit in condensed form, intransitive verb to draw toward or meet in a common center, gather , collect , to focus one's powers, efforts, or attention , ~dly adverb concentrative adjective II. noun Date: 1883 something ~d: as, a mineral-rich product obtained after an initial processing of ore, a food reduced in bulk by elimination of fluid , a feedstuff (as grains) relatively rich in digestible nutrients