localize
to gather, collect, or concentrate in one locality.
Origin of localize
1- Also especially British, lo·cal·ise .
Other words from localize
- 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
- 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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How to use localize in a sentence
Scotch peasants tell of the same feats, but localise the myth on the banks of the Ken in Galloway.
Myth, Ritual, and Religion, Vol. 1 | Andrew LangThis plant also has a pleasant scent in the mass, difficult to localise, but coming in whiffs as it will.
Wood and Garden | Gertrude JekyllCould we by the well established method of physiological response localise the sensitive cells in the interior of the organ?
Life Movements in Plants, Volume II, 1919 | Sir Jagadis Chunder BoseAt first it is vague and difficult to localise, later it is referred to the interior of the bone, and is described as “boring.”
Manual of Surgery | Alexis Thomson and Alexander MilesThey say that vice is inevitable and consequently the best thing is to localise and control it.
The Trembling of a Leaf | William Somerset Maugham
British Dictionary definitions for localize
localise
/ (ˈləʊkəˌlaɪz) /
to make or become local in attitude, behaviour, etc
(tr) to restrict or confine (something) to a particular area or part
(tr) to assign or ascribe to a particular region
Derived forms of localize
- localizable or localisable, adjective
- localization or localisation, noun
- localizer or localiser, noun
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