[syn: focus, focalize, focalise, sharpen]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Focalize \Fo"cal*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Focalized; p. pr. &
vb. n. Focalizing.]
To bring to a focus; to focus; to concentrate.
[1913 Webster]
Light is focalized in the eye, sound in the ear. --De
Quincey.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
focalize
v 1: concentrate on a particular place or spot; "The infection
has localized in the left eye" [syn: localize,
localise, focalize, focalise]
2: bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to
converge; of ideas or emotions [syn: concenter,
concentre, focalize, focalise, focus]
3: become focussed or come into focus; "The light focused" [syn:
focus, focalize, focalise] [ant: blur, dim, slur]
4: put (an image) into focus; "Please focus the image; we cannot
enjoy the movie" [syn: focus, focalize, focalise,
sharpen] [ant: blear, blur]