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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. tending to draw to a central point;
[syn: centralizing(a), centralising(a)]


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]
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. [1913 Webster]
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)]