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cen·tered  (sntrd)
adj.
1. Being at or placed in the center.
2. Having a specified center. Often used in combination: a soft-centered candy; a yellow-centered daisy.
3. Self-confident, goal-oriented, and well-balanced: "He's a centered guy. He's always seemed to know what he wanted, and gone after it in a concrete way" (Vanity Fair).
centered·ness n.
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Adj.1.centered - being or placed in the center
central - in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area; "a central position"


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He felt that all his forces, hitherto dissipated, wasted, were centered on one thing, and bent with fearful energy on one blissful goal.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
When the reader hath duly reflected on these many charms which all centered in our heroe, and considers at the same time the fresh obligations which Mrs Waters had to him, it will be a mark more of prudery than candour to entertain a bad opinion of her because she conceived a very good opinion of him.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
The talk wandered on, a monologue on Mary's part, that centered always on Bert Wanhope.
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