<p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>centralized, centralizing.</li><li>to draw to or gather about a center.</li><li>to bring under one control, especially in government: to centralize budgeting in one agency.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>centralized, centralizing.</li><li>to come together at or to form a center.</li></ul>