centralize Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb make central
    concentrate; centralise.
    • The Russian government centralized the distribution of food

WordNet

Cen"tral*ize transitive verb
Etymology
Cf. F. centraliser.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Centralized ; present participle & verbal noun Centralizing
Definitions
  1. To draw or bring to a center point; to gather into or about a center; to bring into one system, or under one control.
    [To] centralize the power of government. Bancroft.

Webster 1913