{ } v. t. 1. To place or fix in the center or on a central point. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To collect to a point; to concentrate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy joys are centered all in me alone. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mech.) To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be collected to a point; to be concentrated; to rest on, or gather about, as a center. [ 1913 Webster ]

Where there is no visible truth wherein to center, error is as wide as men's fancies. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our hopes must center in ourselves alone. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. & v. See Center. [ chiefly British ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. An instrument turning on a center, for boring holes. See Bit, n., 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. (Naut.) A retractable or sliding keel used on sailboats, formed of a broad board or slab of wood or metal which may be raised into a water-tight case amidships, when in shallow water, or may be lowered to increase the area of lateral resistance and prevent drifting to leeward when the vessel is beating to windward. It is used in vessels of all sizes along the coast of the United States
Syn. -- centreboard, drop keel, sliding keel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. same as centerboard.
Syn. -- centerboard, drop keel, sliding keel. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. same as centered.
Syn. -- centered, centralized, focused. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. 1. An ornament to be placed in the center, as of a table, ceiling, atc.; a central article or figure. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specifically: An arrangement of flowers placed in the center of a table as an ornament while dining. [ PJC ]

3. The central or most important feature of an activity, plan, or object; as, the centerpiece of her campaign was a proposal to slash taxes. [ PJC ]

n. same as centerpiece.
Syn. -- centerpiece. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ or }. (Mech.) (a) A punch for making indentations or dots in a piece of work, as for suspension between lathe centers, etc. (b) A punch for punching holes in sheet metal, having a small conical center to insure correct locating. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]