focalize

Example Sentences

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We 'll have up a couple of dollars, just to focalize the interest.

From Checkers A Hard-luck Story by Blossom, Henry M.

If it did not focalize, it would see indistinctly.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. by Various

Most men have ability enough, if they could only focalize it into one grand, central, all-absorbing purpose, to accomplish great things.

From How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune by Marden, Orison Swett

Such a construction is particularly stable, as these focalize on the line of interest.

From Pictorial Composition and the Critical Judgment of Pictures by Poore, Henry Rankin

To be able to focalize the mind on the object at hand in a conscious manner leads to concentration.

From The Power of Concentration by Dumont, Theron Q.