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To make local: decentralize and localize political authority.
(verb-transitive)
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To confine or restrict to a particular locality: localized the infection.
(verb-transitive)
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To attribute to a particular locality: sought to localize the origin of the rumor.
(verb-transitive)
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To become local, especially to become fixed in one area or part.
(verb-intransitive)
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.