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

Derived forms: focalized, focalizes, focalizing

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