Centralizing

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

centralizing
    adj 1: tending to draw to a central point [syn:
           {centralizing(a)}, {centralising(a)}] [ant:
           {decentralising(a)}, {decentralizing(a)}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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

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

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