centralize

• centralise (non-Oxford British English)

From central +‎ -ize.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛntɹəlaɪz/

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centralize (third-person singular simple present centralizes, present participle centralizing, simple past and past participle centralized) (American spelling, Oxford British English)

1. To move things physically towards the centre; to consolidate or concentrate
2. To move power to a single, central authority
3. To make something focal, the most important
   • 1985 February 2, Malkah Barrsey Feldman, “Blacks & Jews: Vulnerability & Values”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 28, page 14:

     She examines authors Mary Daly and Andrea Dworkin and criticizes the analysis that centralizes all our oppression in sexism.

centralize

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of centralizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

centralize

1. inflection of centralizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative