Localized

 [loh-kuh-lahyz]  

lo·cal·ize

   [loh-kuh-lahyz] verb, lo·cal·ized, lo·cal·iz·ing.
verb (used with object)
1.
to make local; fix in, or assign or restrict to, a particular place, locality, etc.
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verb (used without object)
2.
to gather, collect, or concentrate in one locality.

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a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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Also, especially British, lo·cal·ise.

Origin:
1785–95; local + -ize

Related forms
lo·cal·iz·a·ble, adjective
lo·cal·i·za·tion, noun
lo·cal·iz·er, noun
non·lo·cal·iz·a·ble, adjective
non·lo·cal·ized, adjective
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un·lo·cal·iz·a·ble, adjective
un·lo·cal·ize, verb (used with object), un·lo·cal·ized, un·lo·cal·iz·ing.
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localized lo·cal·ized (lō'kə-līzd')
adj.
Restricted or limited to a specific part.

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