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Localize

To make local; to fix in, or assign to, a definite place.

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Broader term 8

Control 76% connected

A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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Lie 76% connected

See Lye.

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Locate 76% connected

To place; to set in a particular spot or position.

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Present 76% connected

Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; -- opposed to absent.

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Represent 76% connected

To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.

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Restrict 76% connected

Restricted.

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Situate 76% connected

Alt. of Situated

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Stage 76% connected

A floor or story of a house.

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Manner of action 1

Draw 76% connected

To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

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Focalization 74% connected

The act of focalizing or bringing to a focus, or the state of being focalized.

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Focalization 74% connected

The act of focalizing or bringing to a focus, or the state of being focalized.

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Location 74% connected

The act or process of locating.

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Location 74% connected

The act or process of locating.

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Venue 74% connected

A neighborhood or near place; the place or county in which anything is alleged to have happened; also, the place where an action is laid.

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Venue 74% connected

A neighborhood or near place; the place or county in which anything is alleged to have happened; also, the place where an action is laid.

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Synonym 3

Focalize 92% connected

To bring to a focus; to focus; to concentrate.

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Place 92% connected

Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Set 92% connected

of Set

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