Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Centralize \Cen"tral*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Centralized}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Centralizing}.] [Cf. F. centraliser.]
   To draw or bring to a center point; to gather into or about a
   center; to bring into one system, or under one control.

         [To] centralize the power of government. --Bancroft.

Source : WordNet®

centralizing
     adj : tending to draw to a central point [syn: {centralizing(a)},
           {centralising(a)}] [ant: {decentralizing(a)}]