Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Centering"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Center \Cen"ter\, Centre \Cen"tre\ v. i. [imp. & p. p.
{Centered} or {Centred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Centering} or
{Centring}.]
1. To be placed in a center; to be central.
2. To be collected to a point; to be concentrated; to rest
on, or gather about, as a center.
Where there is no visible truth wherein to center,
error is as wide as men's fancies. --Dr. H. More.
Our hopes must center in ourselves alone. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Centering \Cen"ter*ing\, n. (Arch.)
Same as {Center}, n., 6. [Written also {centring}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
centering
n 1: the concentration of attention or energy on something; "the
focus of activity shifted to molecular biology" [syn: {focus},
{focusing}, {focussing}]
2: (football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between
the legs) to a back [syn: {snap}]
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