Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Localize \Lo"cal*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Localized}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Localizing}.] [Cf. F. localiser. See {Local}.]
   To make local; to fix in, or assign to, a definite place.
   --H. Spencer. Wordsworth.

Source : WordNet®

localized
     adj 1: confined or restricted to a particular location; "the
            localized infection formed a definite abscess" [syn: {localised}]
     2: made local or oriented locally; "a decentralized and
        localized political authority" [syn: {localised}]