focalize

[foh-kuh-lahyz]

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verb (used with or without object), fo·cal·ized, fo·cal·iz·ing.

to bring or come to focus.
to localize.

Also especially British, fo·cal·ise.

Origin of focalize

First recorded in 1835–45; focal + -ize

Related formsfo·cal·i·za·tion, nounde·fo·cal·i·za·tion, noun

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Related Words for focalize

meet, attract, gather, intensify, focus, consolidate, accumulate, strengthen, reduce, cluster, combine, eliminate, integrate, assemble, concentrate, mingle, centralize, unify, collect, join

Examples from the Web for focalize

Historical Examples of focalize

In some neighborhoods it might focalize in the church parlor.
The Country-Life Movement in the United States
L.H. Bailey
Those 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
They lack the burning glass of a purpose, to focalize upon one spot the separate rays of their ability.
How to Succeed
Orison Swett Marden

British Dictionary definitions for focalize

focalize

focalise

verb

a less common word for focus

Derived Formsfocalization or focalisation, noun

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