fo|cal|ize

fo|cal|ize
fo|cal|ize «FOH kuh lyz», verb, -ized, -iz|ing.
–v.t.
1. to focus: a) to bring (rays of light, heat, or other radiation) into focus. b) Figurative: »

The information about sales is focalized in the company's main office and put before the sales manager.

2. to localize (an infection or other danger) at a particular site of activity.
–v.i.
to come to a focus.
fo´cal|i|za´tion, noun.

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  • vo|cal|ize — «VOH kuh lyz», verb, ized, iz|ing. –v.t. 1. to form into voice; utter or sing: »to vocalize old camp songs. 2. to make vocal: »The dog vocalized his pain in a series of long howls.Figurative. The speaker vocalized the feeling of the entire group …   Useful english dictionary

  • chem|i|cal|ize — «KEHM uh kuh lyz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to treat with a chemical or chemicals: »The loaf we buy at the grocer s has been chemicalized, first by the miller and then by the baker (Atlantic). –chem´i|cal|i|za´tion, noun …   Useful english dictionary

  • de|ra|di|cal|ize — «dee RAD uh kuh lyz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to cause to abandon or retreat from radicalism: »Today Obst s cigars are longer than his hair, and he admits that hobnobbing with publishing fat cats has tended to deradicalize him (Newsweek).… …   Useful english dictionary

  • de|vo|cal|ize — «dee VOH kuh lyz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. Phonetics. to deprive of vocal or sonant qualities; unvoice. –de|vo´cal|i|za´tion, noun …   Useful english dictionary

  • the|at|ri|cal|ize — «thee AT ruh kuh lyz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to make theatrical; put in dramatic form; dramatize: »Folk dance purists, therefore, may find his dances too…theatricalized for their tastes (Newsweek). –the|at´ri|cal|i|za´tion, noun …   Useful english dictionary

  • cler|i|cal|ize — «KLEHR uh kuh lyz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to render clerical; exalt the influence of the clergy in: »Socialists accused Catholics of trying to “clericalize” the predominantly Catholic nation (Newsweek) …   Useful english dictionary

  • de|lo|cal|ize — «dee LOH kuh lyz», verb, ized, iz|ing. –v.t. 1. to detach or remove from the proper or usual locality; free from local limitations: »We can have no St. Simons or Pepyses till we have a Paris or London to delocalize our gossip and give it historic …   Useful english dictionary

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