The Collaborative International Dictionary
decentralise \decentralise\ v. same as decentralize. Opposite of centralize and concentrate
Syn: decentralize, deconcentrate.
Wiktionary
alt. 1 (label en British spelling) To cause something to change from being concentrated at one point to being distributed across a number of points. 2 To reduce the authority of a governing body by distributing that authority among several bodies. vb. 1 (label en British spelling) To cause something to change from being concentrated at one point to being distributed across a number of points. 2 To reduce the authority of a governing body by distributing that authority among several bodies.
WordNet
v. make less central; "After the revolution, food distribution was decentralized" [syn: decentralize, deconcentrate] [ant: centralize, centralize, centralize]
Usage examples of "decentralise".
Tibet are said to have restored the religion in Lhasa at the end of the tenth century, but it was the patronage of the western kingdom of Gu-ge with its capital at Tsaparang that gave the most powerful impetus to what is called the Second Diffusion of the religion, which from then onward became centred in the monasteries, the larger of which, well endowed and populous, began to play the part of landowner and noble in the political and economic structure of a fragmented and decentralised country.