v. t. To thrust forward (at a venture), as a spear. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }. (Gas Manuf.) A compound hydraulic valve for regulating the passage of the gas through a set of purifiers so as to cut out each one in turn for the renewal of the lime. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } 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 ]

{ } 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 ]

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. ]

{ or }. (Gas Manuf.) A compound hydraulic valve for regulating the passage of the gas through a set of purifiers so as to cut out each one in turn for the renewal of the lime. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. a contracted form of CENTRal EXchange. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Concentered or Concentred p. pr & vb. n. Concentering r Concentring ] [ F. concentrer, fr. L. con- + centrum center. See Center, and cf. Concentrate ] To come to one point; to meet in, or converge toward, a common center; to have a common center. [ 1913 Webster ]

God, in whom all perfections concenter. Bp. Beveridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, v. t. To draw or direct to a common center; to bring together at a focus or point, as two or more lines; to concentrate. [ 1913 Webster ]

In thee concentering all their precious beams. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

All is concentered in a life intense. Byren. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Entreated; p. pr. & vb. n. Entreating. ] [ OE. entreten to treat, request, OF. entraiter to treat of; pref. en- (L. in) + traitier to treat. See Treat. ] 1. To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Fairly let her be entreated. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well. Jer. xv. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To treat with, or in respect to, a thing desired; hence, to ask earnestly; to beseech; to petition or pray with urgency; to supplicate; to importune. “Entreat my wife to come.” “I do entreat your patience.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

I must entreat of you some of that money. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door. Poe. [ 1913 Webster ]

Isaac entreated the Lord for his wife. Gen. xxv. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To beseech or supplicate successfully; to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to persuade. [ 1913 Webster ]

It were a fruitless attempt to appease a power whom no prayers could entreat. Rogers. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To invite; to entertain. [ Obs. ] “Pleasures to entreat.” Spenser.

Syn. -- To beseech; beg; solicit; crave; implore; supplicate. See Beseech. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To treat or discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations, as for a treaty. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Of which I shall have further occasion to entreat. Hakewill. [ 1913 Webster ]

Alexander . . . was first that entreated of true peace with them. 1 Mac. x. 47. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make an earnest petition or request. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Janizaries entreated for them as valiant men. Knolles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Entreaty. [ Obs. ] Ford. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That may be entreated. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Entreaty. [ Obs. ] Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who entreats; one who asks earnestly; a beseecher. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of entreaty. [ R. ] See Intreatful. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an entreating manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Used in entreaty; pleading. [ R. ] “Entreative phrase.” A. Brewer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Entreaty; invitation. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Entreaties 1. Treatment; reception; entertainment. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of entreating or beseeching; urgent prayer; earnest petition; pressing solicitation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fair entreaty, and sweet blandishment. Spenser.

Syn. -- Solicitation; request; suit; supplication; importunity. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. See Entry. ] 1. A coming in, or entrance; hence, freedom of access; permission or right to enter; as, to have the entrée of a house. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Cookery) In French usage, a dish served at the beginning of dinner to give zest to the appetite; in English usage, a side dish, served with a joint, or between the courses, as a cutlet, scalloped oysters, etc. [ obsolescent ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. the dish which comprises the main course of a meal, especially in a restaurant; as, there were many entrees on the menu. [ PJC ]

‖n. sing. & pl. [ F., fr. entre between + mets a dish, mess. ] 1. (Cookery) A side dish; a dainty or relishing dish usually eaten after the joints or principal dish; also, a sweetmeat, served with a dinner. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any small entertainment between two greater ones. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. (Mil.) To surround with a trench or with intrenchments, as in fortification; to fortify with a ditch and parapet. Same as intrench. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. to establish in a position from which dislodgement is difficult; to place firmly in a strong position. [ PJC ]

3. To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon.
Syn. -- intrench. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. an entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches.
Syn. -- intrenchment. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. the act or process of entrenching. [ PJC ]

‖ n. [ F. ] 1. A warehouse; a magazine for depositing goods, stores, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. a port where merchandise can be imported and re-exported with paying import duties; a mart or place where merchandise is deposited; as, an entrepôt for shipping goods in transit.
Syn. -- transshipment center. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ F. See Enterprise. ] (Polit. Econ.) One who takes the initiative to create a product or establish a business for profit; generally, whoever undertakes on his own account an enterprise in which others are employed and risks are taken. F. A. Walker. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to an entrepreneur or entrepreneurship; as, entrepreneurial risks. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. willing to undertake a project requiring initiative and involving risk, for one's own purposes; -- of people. [ PJC ]

n. the activity of organizing, managing, and assuming the risks of a business enterprise. The individual doing the organizing is called the entrepreneur. [ PJC ]

‖n. [ F. ] (Arch.) A low story between two higher ones, usually between the ground floor and the first story; mezzanine. Parker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. L. inventrix, F. inventrice. ] A woman who invents. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ it>or }, n. [ Pref. meta- + center. ] (Hydrostatics) The point of intersection of a vertical line through the center of gravity of the fluid displaced by a floating body which is tipped through a small angle from its position of equilibrium, and the inclined line which was vertical through the center of gravity of the body when in equilibrium. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ When the metacenter is above the center of gravity, the position of the body is stable; when below it, unstable. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To treat wrongfully. [ Obs. ] Grafton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Any species of Pentremites. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; five + L. remus an oar. ] (Zool.) A genus of crinoids belonging to the Blastoidea. They have five petal-like ambulacra. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. 1. Centered in itself, or in one's self. [ 1913 Webster ]

There hangs the ball of earth and water mixt,
Self-centered and unmoved. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. interested solely or primiarily in oneself, or one's own welfare; disinclined to consider the interests of others; selfish; egotistical. [ PJC ]

n. A woman who torments. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fortune ordinarily cometh after to whip and punish them, as the scourge and tormentress of glory and honor. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + center. ] To throw from its center. [ 1913 Webster ]