lo·cal·ize 
(lōkə-līz′)
(lōkə-līz′)v. lo·cal·ized, lo·cal·iz·ing, lo·cal·iz·es
v.tr.
1. To make local: decentralize and localize political authority.
2. To confine or restrict to a particular locality: localized the infection.
3. To attribute to a particular locality: sought to localize the origin of the rumor.
v.intr.
To become local, especially to become fixed in one area or part.
lo′cal·i·zation (-kə-lĭ-zāshən) n.