'Decentralize' definitions:
Definition of 'decentralize'
(from WordNet)
verb
Make less central; "After the revolution, food distribution was decentralized" [syn: decentralize, deconcentrate, decentralise] [ant: centralise, centralize, concentrate]
Definition of 'Decentralize'
From: GCIDE
- 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]