Read full poem →This vault of air, this congregated ball,
Self-centred sun, and stars that rise and fall,
There are, my friend! whose philosophic eyes
Dictionary Entry
To cause (an object) to occupy the center of an area.
In a Sentence
“He centered the heading of the document.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
around centredupon centred. centredround centredapproach centredcubic centred
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Poetry examples for “centred”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →But in disdainful silence turn away,
Stand mute, self-centred, stern, and dream no more?
Read full poem →Where man’s one nature, queen-like, sits alone,
Centred in a majestic unity;
Read full poem →Where man's one nature, queen-like, sits alone,
Centred in a majestic unity;
Read full poem →It's like sending them ruffles when wanting a shirt.
While thus I debated, in reverie centred,
An acquaintance—a friend as he call'd himself—enter'd:
Read full poem →Unmov’d in conscious rectitude, 25
Thy towering mind self-centred stood,
Nor wanted man’s opinion to be great.
Read full poem →Unmov’d, in conscious rectitude,
Thy towering mind self-centred stood,
Nor wanted man’s opinion to be great.
Read full poem →It’s like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt.
While thus I debated, in reverie centred, 35
An acquaintance, a friend as he call’d himself, enter’d;