1.  localize(v = verb.stative) localise, place - identify the location or place of; "We localized the source of the infection"
Derived form noun locale₁, noun localization₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

2.  localize(v = verb.stative) focalise, focalize, localise - concentrate on a particular place or spot; "The infection has localized in the left eye"
Sample sentences: Something is ----ing PP

3.  localize(v = verb.social) localise - restrict something to a particular area;
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

4.  localize(v = verb.creation) localise, place, set - locate; "The film is set in Africa"
Derived form noun locale₁, noun localization₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something PP

   To make local; to fix in, or assign to, a definite place. H. Spencer. Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]

localize, v.tr. (also -ise)
1 restrict or assign to a particular place.
2 invest with the characteristics of a particular place.
3 attach to districts; decentralize.

Derivative:
localizable adj. localization n.

VB  place, situate, locate, localize, make a place for, put, lay, set, seat, station, lodge, quarter, post, install, house, stow, establish, fix, pin, root, graft, plant, shelve, pitch, camp, lay down, deposit, reposit, cradle, moor, tether, picket, pack, tuck in, embed, imbed, vest, invest in, billet on, quarter upon, saddle with, load, lade, freight, pocket, put up, bag, inhabit, domesticate, colonize, take root, strike root, anchor, cast anchor, come to an anchor, sit down, settle down, settle, take up one's abode, take up one's quarters, plant oneself, establish oneself, locate oneself, squat, perch, hive, se nicher, bivouac, burrow, get a footing, encamp, pitch one's tent, put up at, put up one's horses at, keep house, endenizen, naturalize, adopt, put back, replace.