Real Dictionary

localize
an arrangement of repeated or corresponding parts, decorative motifs, etc [...]
to make or become local in attitude, behaviour, etc [...]
verb: If you localize something, you identify precisely where it is.
verb: If you localize something, you limit the size of the area that it affects and prevent it from spreading.

localize in American English
to make local; limit or confine to a particular place, area, or locality
intransitive verb: to gather, collect, or concentrate in one locality
transitive verb: to make local; fix in, or assign or restrict to, a particular place, locality, etc.

localize in British English
verb: to make or become local in attitude, behaviour, etc