Hypertext Webster Gateway: "localize"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Localize \Lo"cal*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Localized}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Localizing}.] [Cf. F. localiser. See {Local}.]
To make local; to fix in, or assign to, a definite place.
--H. Spencer. Wordsworth.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
localize
v 1: identify the location or place of; "We localized the source
of the infection" [syn: {place}, {localise}]
2: concentrate on a particular place or spot; "The infection
has localized in the left eye" [syn: {localise}]
3: restrict something to a particular area [syn: {localise}]
4: locate; "The film is set in Africa" [syn: {set}, {localise},
{place}]
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