decentralize

2 definitions found

decentralize - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Decentralize \De*cen"tral*ize\, v. t.
     to make less central; to prevent from centralizing; to cause
     to withdraw from the center or place of concentration; to
     divide and distribute (what has been united or concentrated);
     -- esp. said of authority, or the administration of public
     affairs.
     [1913 Webster]

decentralize - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  decentralize
      v 1: make less central; "After the revolution, food distribution
           was decentralized" [syn: decentralize, deconcentrate,
           decentralise] [ant: centralise, centralize,
           concentrate]