focalize
to bring or come to focus.
to localize.
Origin of focalize
1- Also especially British, fo·cal·ise .
Other words from focalize
- fo·cal·i·za·tion, noun
- de·fo·cal·i·za·tion, noun
Words Nearby focalize
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How to use focalize in a sentence
The shaded lines jut against one another and the clock in the foreground creates a focalized depth.
They lack the burning glass of a purpose, to focalize upon one spot the separate rays of their ability.
How to Succeed | Orison Swett MardenIn some neighborhoods it might focalize in the church parlor.
The Country-Life Movement in the United States | L.H. BaileyThose to whom the development of character is a reality will watch tendencies and train them before they focalize in crises.
Religious Education in the Family | Henry F. Cope
British Dictionary definitions for focalize
focalise
/ (ˈfəʊkəˌlaɪz) /
a less common word for focus
Derived forms of focalize
- focalization or focalisation, noun
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