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Verb: localise  'low-ku,lIz
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: localize)
  1. Locate or establish in a particular place
    "They localised the new office in the city centre";
    - set, localize, place
     
  2. Identify the location or place of
    "We localised the source of the infection";
    - place, localize
     
  3. Concentrate on a particular place or spot
    "The infection has localised in the left eye";
    - localize, focalize, focalise [Brit]
     
  4. Restrict something to a particular area
    "The firefighters managed to localise the blaze to one building";
    - localize

Derived forms: localises, localising, localised

Type of: control, lie, locate, present, represent, restrict, situate, stage

Encyclopedia: Localise