bring to a focus
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Fō′calise, to bring to a focus: to concentrate.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
In the camera, the artist uses a thumb-screw to bring to a focus on the sensitive plate the rays of light coming from objects at different distances.
From A Practical Physiology by Albert F. Blaisdell
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
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
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
