centralize

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cen⋅tral⋅ize

[sen-truh-lahyz]

verb, -ized, -iz⋅ing.

–verb (used with object)

1.	to draw to or gather about a center.

2.	to bring under one control, esp. in government: to centralize budgeting in one agency.

–verb (used without object)

3.	to come together at or to form a center.

Also, especially British, cen⋅tral⋅ise.

Origin:
1790–1800; central ¹ + -ize

Related forms:

cen⋅tral⋅iz⋅er, noun

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cen·tral·ize (sěn'trə-līz')

v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es

v. tr.

To draw into or toward a center; consolidate.
To bring under a single, central authority: The Constitution centralizes political power in the federal government.

v. intr.
To come together at a center; concentrate.
cen'tral·i·za'tion (-trə-lĭ-zā'shən) n., cen'tral·iz'er n.

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