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.
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   2. To be collected to a point; to be concentrated; to rest
      on, or gather about, as a center.
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            Where there is no visible truth wherein to center,
            error is as wide as men's fancies.    --Dr. H. More.
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            Our hopes must center in ourselves alone. --Dryden.
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	Center \Cen"ter\, Centre \Cen"tre\, v. t.
   1. To place or fix in the center or on a central point.
      --Milton.
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   2. To collect to a point; to concentrate.
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            Thy joys are centered all in me alone. --Prior.
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   3. (Mech.) To form a recess or indentation for the reception
      of a center.
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	centre \cen"tre\, n. & v.
   See Center. [chiefly British]
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	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]

	

	Centre -- U.S. County in Pennsylvania
   Population (2000):    135758
   Housing Units (2000): 53161
   Land area (2000):     1107.533150 sq. miles (2868.497568 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    4.317701 sq. miles (11.182795 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1111.850851 sq. miles (2879.680363 sq. km)
   Located within:       Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
   Location:             40.887275 N, 77.834459 W
   Headwords:
    Centre
    Centre, PA
    Centre County
    Centre County, PA

	

	Centre, AL -- U.S. city in Alabama
   Population (2000):    3216
   Housing Units (2000): 1515
   Land area (2000):     10.968141 sq. miles (28.407354 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.105972 sq. miles (0.274466 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    11.074113 sq. miles (28.681820 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            13648
   Located within:       Alabama (AL), FIPS 01
   Location:             34.159181 N, 85.674742 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     35960
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Centre, AL
    Centre