centralize
1800, "come to a center," from central. Meaning "to bring to a center" is from 1801.
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7
centralize
cen·tral·ize (BrE also -ise) / 5sentrElaiz / verb[VN]
to give the control of a country or an organization to a group of people in six particular place
集权控制；实行集中:
a highly centralized system of government
高度中央集权的政府体制
• cen·tral·iza·tion, -isa·tion / 7sentrElai5zeiFn; NAmE -lE5z- / noun [U] :
the centralization of political power
政治权力的集中
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
cen·tral·ize
\ˈsen.trəˌlīz\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Usage: see -ize
Etymology: French centraliser, from central + -iser -ize
intransitive verb
: to form a center : to cluster around a center
< a tendency of the whirling particles to centralize >
transitive verb
1. : to serve as center for : draw to a central point : gather about a center
< the post office centralizing the town >
2. : to concentrate by placing power and authority in a center or central organization
< I urge upon the Congress the desirability of centralizing these functions in a single agency — H.S.Truman >