localize

Verb
Synonyms: placelocalisefocalizefocaliseset

WordNet 3.0

Verb (4)

  1. identify the location or place of“We localized the source of the infection”Synonyms: placelocalise
  2. concentrate on a particular place or spot“The infection has localized in the left eye”Synonyms: localisefocalizefocalise
  3. restrict something to a particular areaSynonyms: localise
  4. locate“The film is set in Africa”Synonyms: setlocaliseplace
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]
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