bring to a focus
Example Sentences
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In Crystal Gazing, the occultist merely employs the crystal in order to concentrate his power, and to bring to a focus his astral vision.
From Clairvoyance and Occult Powers by Swami Panchadasi
This I bring to a focus with a lens, and then let it pass through a small hole in a piece of card.
From Soap-Bubbles and the Forces Which Mould Them by C. V. (Charles Vernon) Boys
These the eye can bring to a focus, because it normally has a curvature for focussing parallel rays.
From How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use by Archibald Williams
Fō′calise, to bring to a focus: to concentrate.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
V. bring to a point, bring to a focus, bring to an issue.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget
