Dictionary entry

Center (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ Cen″ter, Cen″tre } v. i. [imp. & p. p.Centered or Centred (sĕn″tẽrd); 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.