Centralizing

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  


           [To] centralize the power of government. --Bancroft.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  centralizing \centralizing\ adj. prenom.
     causing to concentrate at a center. Opposite of
     {decentralizing}. [Narrower terms: {centripetal,
     unifying(prenominal)}]
     [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  centralizing
       adj : tending to draw to a central point [syn: {centralizing(a)},
             {centralising(a)}] [ant: {decentralizing(a)}]