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third-person singular simple present decentres, present participle decentring, simple past and past participle decentred
To remove the centre from. to decentre the tyres from some model vehicle kits. examples
(optics) To place away from the centre; to make eccentric. examples
To displace from the centre. quotations examples
The Saidian critique was part of a great sea change, a conscious attempt to ‘decentre’ Europe or even to ‘provincialize’ it.
2007, John Darwin, After Tamerlane, Penguin, published 2008, page 14