localize Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb identify the location or place of
    localise; place.
    • We localized the source of the infection
  2. verb concentrate on a particular place or spot
    localise; focalize; focalise.
    • The infection has localized in the left eye
  3. verb restrict something to a particular area
    localise.
  4. verb locate
    localise; set; place.
    • The film is set in Africa

WordNet

Lo"cal*ize transitive verb
Etymology
Cf. F. localiser. See Local.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Localized ; present participle & verbal noun Localizing
Definitions
  1. To make local; to fix in, or assign to, a definite place. H. Spencer. Wordsworth.

Webster 1913