localize

• POS: Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: lo=cal=ize

CIDE DICTIONARY

localize, v. t. [Cf. F. localiser. See Local.].

 To make local; to fix in, or assign to, a definite place.  H. Spencer. Wordsworth.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

localize, v.tr. (also -ise)
1 restrict or assign to a particular place.
2 invest with the characteristics of a particular place.
3 attach to districts; decentralize.

Derivative

localizable adj. localization n.

THESAURUS

localize

allocate, assign, box, box in, box up, circumscribe, collocate, confine, cramp, deploy, dispose, emplace, fix, get a fix, hem, hem in, home in on, install, keep from spreading, keep within bounds, limit, locate, narrow, navigate, pin down, pinpoint, place, position, put in place, qualify, restrict, situate, spot, stint, tighten, triangulate, zero in on

ROGET THESAURUS

localize

Location

VB place, situate, locate, localize, make a place for, put, lay, set, seat, station, lodge, quarter, post, install, house, stow, establish, fix, pin, root, graft, plant, shelve, pitch, camp, lay down, deposit, reposit, cradle, moor, tether, picket, pack, tuck in, embed, imbed, vest, invest in, billet on, quarter upon, saddle with, load, lade, freight, pocket, put up, bag, inhabit, domesticate, colonize, take root, strike root, anchor, cast anchor, come to an anchor, sit down, settle down, settle, take up one's abode, take up one's quarters, plant oneself, establish oneself, locate oneself, squat, perch, hive, se nicher, bivouac, burrow, get a footing, encamp, pitch one's tent, put up at, put up one's horses at, keep house, endenizen, naturalize, adopt, put back, replace.