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centralise

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See also: centralisé

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    From central + -ise.

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    centralise (third-person singular simple present centralises, present participle centralising, simple past and past participle centralised)

    1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of centralize.
      The government decided to centralise the issuing of passports.
      • 1941 October, “Reclaiming Permanent Way Material”, in Railway Magazine, page 436:
        In the United States the Santa Fe was a pioneer in centralising its scrap handling at Corwith, near Chicago, but after 1924 abandoned this plan in favour of sorting at the point of origin.
      • 1961 February, R. K. Evans, “The role of research on British Railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 92:
        All these activities are centralised at Derby, where the L.M.S. research department was formed before the war.

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    centralise

    1. inflection of centraliser:
      1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
      2. second-person singular imperative