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Centralize

To draw or bring to a center point; to gather into or about a center; to bring into one system, or under one control.

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Alter 76% connected

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Modify 76% connected

To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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Centralization 74% connected

The act or process of centralizing, or the state of being centralized; the act or process of combining or reducing several parts into a whole; as, th…

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Centralization 74% connected

The act or process of centralizing, or the state of being centralized; the act or process of combining or reducing several parts into a whole; as, th…

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Concentrate 92% connected

To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force; to fix; as, to concentrate rays of li…

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Decentralize 94% connected

To prevent from centralizing; to cause to withdraw from the center or place of concentration; to divide and distribute (what has been united or conce…

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Decentralize 94% connected

To prevent from centralizing; to cause to withdraw from the center or place of concentration; to divide and distribute (what has been united or conce…

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-tre noun · 78% connection

The point of intersection of a vertical line through the center of gravity of the fluid displaced by a floating body which is tipped t…

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Attracter noun · 78% connection

(physics) a point in the ideal multidimensional phase space that is used to describe a system toward which the system tends to evolve…

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Attractor noun · 78% connection

(physics) a point in the ideal multidimensional phase space that is used to describe a system toward which the system tends to evolve…

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Ball verb · 78% connection

To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls; as, the horse balls; the snow balls.

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Bureaucracy noun · 78% connection

A system of carrying on the business of government by means of departments or bureaus, each under the control of a chief, in contradic…

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Central adjective · 78% connection

Relating to the center; situated in or near the center or middle; containing the center; of or pertaining to the parts near the center…

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Centre verb · 78% connection

To be collected to a point; to be concentrated; to rest on, or gather about, as a center.

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Centrolineal adjective · 78% connection

Converging to a center; -- applied to lines drawn so as to meet in a point or center.

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Collect verb · 78% connection

To gather into one body or place; to assemble or bring together; to obtain by gathering.

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Concentre verb · 78% connection

To draw or direct to a common center; to bring together at a focus or point, as two or more lines; to concentrate.

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Congest verb · 78% connection

To collect or gather into a mass or aggregate; to bring together; to accumulate.

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Congregate verb · 78% connection

To collect into an assembly or assemblage; to assemble; to bring into one place, or into a united body; to gather together; to mass; t…

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Constructive possession noun · 78% connection

(law) having the power and intention to have and control property but without direct control or actual presence upon it

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Control noun · 78% connection

(physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc; "the timing and control of his movements were unimpaired…

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Deduce verb · 78% connection

To derive or draw; to derive by logical process; to obtain or arrive at as the result of reasoning; to gather, as a truth or opinion,…

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Draw verb · 78% connection

To move; to come or go; literally, to draw one's self; -- with prepositions and adverbs; as, to draw away, to move off, esp. in racing…

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Drum verb · 78% connection

To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc,; -- with for.

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Elicit verb · 78% connection

To draw out or entice forth; to bring to light; to bring out against the will; to deduce by reason or argument; as, to elicit truth by…

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