2. Verb. (third-person singular of centre) ¹
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Definition of Centres
1. centre [v] - See also: centre
Lexicographical Neighbors of Centres
Literary usage of Centres
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lancet (1898)
"The middle motor centres represent (re-represent) ail the muscles in more numerous
and ... The movements represented by the lowest motor centres are for, ..."
2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1882)
"BRUNTON, TL On the position of the motor centres in the brain, in regard to the
nutritive and social functions.—Brain, Jan. 1882. ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1902)
"The sensory centres are to be regarded not merely as the organs of consciousness
of immediate sensory impressions, but as the organic register of their own ..."
4. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1881)
"7087 PERSIAN MOROCCO, bevelled, illuminated centres, clasp, silk register.
In boxes of 3, assorted.. 7131 IMITATION IVORY, inlaid mottoes in gold and silver ..."
5. Transactions (1845)
"The bridge at Banagher had been completed, and it appeared to him that it would
be a matter of economy if he could apply the centres used there, ..."
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