localize

[loh-kuh-lahyz]

verb (used with object), lo·cal·ized, lo·cal·iz·ing.

to make local; fix in, or assign or restrict to, a particular place, locality, etc.

verb (used without object), lo·cal·ized, lo·cal·iz·ing.

to gather, collect, or concentrate in one locality.

Nearby words

Also especially British, lo·cal·ise.

Origin of localize

First recorded in 1785–95; local + -ize

Related forms

lo·cal·iz·a·ble, adjectivelo·cal·i·za·tion, nounlo·cal·iz·er, nounnon·lo·cal·iz·a·ble, adjective

non·lo·cal·ized, adjectiveun·lo·cal·iz·a·ble, adjectiveun·lo·cal·ize, verb (used with object), un·lo·cal·ized, un·lo·cal·iz·ing.

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Examples from the Web for localised

Their "grand scheme" is apparently removed from localised activities and concerns.
After the Rain|Sam Vaknin
Localised disease of the cartilage should be removed with the spoon or gouge, and the bone beneath investigated.
Manual of Surgery|Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
The organism is mixed with the pus in a state of great purity, and although it is localised its virulence is extreme.
Louis Pasteur|Ren Vallery-Radot
A localised abscess had evidently formed here and been diffused into the joint by the movement of flexion already described.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900|George Henry Makins

If localised disease in one of the bones is recognised before the joint is infected, it should be eradicated by operation.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition.|Alexander Miles

British Dictionary definitions for localised

localize

localise

verb

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 Formslocalizable or localisable, adjectivelocalization or localisation, nounlocalizer or localiser, noun

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Word Origin and History for localised

localize

1792, from local + -ize. Related: Localized; localizing.