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lo⋅cal⋅ize

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

v.   tr.

  1. To make local: decentralize and localize political authority.

  2. To confine or restrict to a particular locality: localized the infection.

  3. To attribute to a particular locality: sought to localize the origin of the rumor.

v.   intr.
To become local, especially to become fixed in one area or part.
lo'cal·i·za'tion (-kə-lĭ-zā'shən) n.
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Main Entry: lo·cal·iza·tion
Variant: also British lo·cal·isa·tion /"lO-k&-l&-'zA-sh&n/
Function:noun
1 : restriction (as of a lesion) to a limited area of the body
2 : restriction of functional centers (as of sight, smell, or speech) to aparticular section of the brain

Main Entry: lo·cal·ize
Variant: also British lo·cal·ise /'lO-k&-"lIz/
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: -ized also British -ised; -iz·ing also British -is·ing
transitive senses
: to make local; especially : to fix in orconfine to a definite place or part localize the infection> localize intransitive senses
: to accumulate in or be restricted to aspecific or limited area localize in the thyroid> localizes and grows in the muscle —Morris Fishbein>
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localization lo·cal·i·za·tion (lō'kə-lĭ-zā'shən)
n.

  1. Limitation to a specific area.

  2. The reference of a sensation to its point of origin.

  3. The determination of the location of a pathological process.

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