Hypertext Webster Gateway: "centralized"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Centralize \Cen"tral*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Centralized}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Centralizing}.] [Cf. F. centraliser.]
To draw or bring to a center point; to gather into or about a
center; to bring into one system, or under one control.
[To] centralize the power of government. --Bancroft.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
centralized
adj 1: drawn toward a center or brought under the control of a
central authority; "centralized control of emergency
relief efforts"; "centralized government" [syn: {centralised}]
[ant: {decentralized}]
2: concentrated on or clustered around a central point or
purpose [syn: {centered}, {centred}, {centralised}, {focused}]
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