Definition of "focalize" [fo•cal•ize]

• To adjust or come to a focus. (verb-transitive)
• To bring or be brought to a focus; sharpen. (verb-transitive)
• To concentrate or be concentrated; localize. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "What is today's equivalent of a lunar landing, the mission that can focalize a nation and inspire people to "ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country?""
• "Is this is true, then it would evolve to some point in the future where focalize valuation of the abstract mind would lead all matters to follow from the point other then in the physical procreation, but in the evolution of our developing minds apart from this animalistic behavior."
• "To be able to focalize the mind on the object at hand in a conscious manner leads to concentration."