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Verb: focalise  'fow-ku`lIz
Usage: Brit (=focalize)
  1. Concentrate on a particular place or spot
    "The infection has focalised in the left eye"
    - localize, localise [Brit], focalize
     
  2. Bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions
    - concenter [US], concentre [Brit, Cdn], focalize, focus
     
  3. Become focussed or come into focus
    "The light focalised"
    - focus, focalize
     
  4. Put (an image) into focus
    "Please focalise the image; we cannot enjoy the movie"
    - focus, focalize, sharpen

Derived forms: focalised, focalising, focalises

See also: focalisation [Brit]

Type of: adapt, adjust, align, aline [non-standard], conform, correct, lie, line up, set