focalize

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Two natures meet on the human plane, and focalize in man.

From The New Avatar and The Destiny of the Soul The Findings of Natural Science Reduced to Practical Studies in Psychology by Buck, J. D. (Jirah Dewey)

Now comes one of those remarkable facts of super-epochal history," continues Bonsall, "which go to show that when revolutionary periods focalize, revolutions in public sentiment are brought about in almost a twinkling.

From Labor and Freedom by Debs, Eugene V.

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.

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