decentralize v 1: make less central; "After the revolution, food distribution was decentralized" [syn: {decentralize}, {deconcentrate}, {decentralise}] [ant: {centralise}, {centralize}, {concentrate}]
Decentralize \De*cen"tral*ize\, v. t. to make less central; to prevent from centralizing; to cause to withdraw from the center or place of concentration; to divide and distribute (what has been united or concentrated); -- esp. said of authority, or the administration of public affairs. [1913 Webster]