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. [To] centralize the power of government. --Bancroft.
centralizing adj : tending to draw to a central point [syn: {centralizing(a)}, {centralising(a)}] [ant: {decentralizing(a)}]