ppl. a. [f. prec. + -ED1.] Made central, referred to a center.

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1842.  Penny Cycl., XXIV. 270/1. A centralised system of government.

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1875.  Maine, Hist. Inst., i. 11. The formation … of strong centralised governments, concentrating in themselves the public force of the community.

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1885.  Athenæum, 18 April, 503/3. In these days of centralized administration.

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