focalize : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: focalize	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for focalize
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
focalize v concentrate on a particular place or spot; "The infection has localized in the left eye" Synonym(s): localize, localise, focalize, focalise bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions Synonym(s): concenter, concentre, focalize, focalise, focus become focussed or come into focus; "The light focused" Synonym(s): focus, focalize, focalise Antonym(s): blur, dim, slur put (an image) into focus; "Please focus the image; we cannot enjoy the movie" Synonym(s): focus, focalize, focalise, sharpen Antonym(s): blear, blur
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Focalize \Fo"cal*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Focalized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Focalizing}.] To bring to a focus; to focus; to concentrate. Light is focalized in the eye, sound in the ear. --De Quincey.