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  • 61employ — I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English emploien, from Anglo French empleier, emploier, emplier to entangle, apply, make use of, from Latin implicare to enfold, involve, from in + plicare to fold more at ply Date: 15th century 1. a. to make… …

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  • 62concentrate — 1. verb /kɒnt.sən.treɪt/ a) To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force. to concentrate rays of light into a focus b) To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a… …

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  • 63concentrate — con·cen·trate kän(t) sən .trāt, .sen vb, trat·ed; trat·ing vt 1 a) to bring or direct toward a common center or objective: FOCUS b) to accumulate (a toxic substance) in bodily tissues <fish concentrate mercury> 2) to make less dilute… …

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  • 64enlibra — (en.LEE.bruh) n. The process of bringing something into balance, particularly an environmental issue. Also: Enlibra. Example Citations: The most important question to be considered in Senate hearings, however, is the intent and potential impact… …

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  • 65converge — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. meet, unite, focalize, concentrate; see concentrate 1 , gather 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. meet, come together, join, intersect, merge, unite, mingle, connect. ANT.: separate, divide III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb …

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  • 66focalize — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To direct toward a common center: center, channel, concentrate, converge, focus. See EDGE …

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  • 67target — tar·get || tÉ‘rgɪt / tɑː n. board marked with concentric circles used by a marksman or archer to aim at; mark, objective, aim, object, goal; goal or situation one intends to achieve v. aim at something; direct toward; intend to achieve …

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  • 68targeted — adj. armed with a target, protected with a target; intended to; established as an aim or goal tar·get || tÉ‘rgɪt / tɑː n. board marked with concentric circles used by a marksman or archer to aim at; mark, objective, aim, object, goal; goal or …

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  • 69targeting — tar·get || tÉ‘rgɪt / tɑː n. board marked with concentric circles used by a marksman or archer to aim at; mark, objective, aim, object, goal; goal or situation one intends to achieve v. aim at something; direct toward; intend to achieve …

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  • 70targets — tar·get || tÉ‘rgɪt / tɑː n. board marked with concentric circles used by a marksman or archer to aim at; mark, objective, aim, object, goal; goal or situation one intends to achieve v. aim at something; direct toward; intend to achieve …

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