The Collaborative International Dictionary
localise \localise\ v. t. Same as localize. [Chiefly Brit.]
Syn: localize.
Wiktionary
vb. (context transitive English) (alternative spelling of localize English)
WordNet
v. identify the location or place of; "We localized the source of the infection" [syn: place, localize]
concentrate on a particular place or spot; "The infection has localized in the left eye" [syn: localize, focalize, focalise]
restrict something to a particular area [syn: localize]
locate; "The film is set in Africa" [syn: set, localize, place]
Usage examples of "localise".
From the summit a fire, which for some days could not be localised by the Boers, was opened upon their laagers, which had to be shifted in consequence.
It can affect a whole area, such as back and shoulders, or be localised in one place.
It never struck me till just then what a localised implication that phrase has.
I really cannot intervene in a minor dispute, not when so much depends on the outcome, not as long as it remains localised, anyway.
It was more than a hundred times greater than had appeared to him in his purely localised endeavours.
They read the tale of men blown to bits, of futile soldiers in that localised battle fighting against hope amidst an indescribable wreckage, of flags hauled down by weeping men.
I thought the best thing was to localise and sterilise it in one process.
It records conversations over a telephone on this plain metal disc by means of localised, minute electric charges.
In a person of that age, consequent upon such a shock and localised haemorrhages, I suppose a brain haemorrhage` He stopped, realising what he had said.
In a person of that age, consequent upon such a shock and localised haemorrhages, I suppose a brain haemorrhage-` He stopped, realising what he had said.
On the other hand, if you compare it to the average - or even an exceptional - Hegemonising Swarm, it's small, localised, non-invasive, unaggressive, unshielded, immobile… and almost chatty, using Galin II to communicate.
Then they dump the boring, pedantic GSV that happened to be on the Incident Coordinating Rota, agree to wait-and-see with the Excession itself while sending investigatory reinforcements, start a localised mobilisation - mobilisation!
In the Firthview cafe, apparently the location of some awful and localised ground subsidence since it was named, because it would have to be at least a storey taller to catch a view of the water, I had a cup of coffee and a game of Space Invaders.