decentre

From de- +‎ centre.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /diːˈsɛntə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɛntə(ɹ)

decentre (third-person singular simple present decentres, present participle decentring, simple past and past participle decentred)

1. To remove the centre from. to decentre the tyres from some model vehicle kits.
2. (optics) To place away from the centre; to make eccentric.
3. To displace from the centre.
   • 2007, John Darwin, After Tamerlane, Penguin, published 2008, page 14:

     The Saidian critique was part of a great sea change, a conscious attempt to ‘decentre’ Europe or even to ‘provincialize’ it.

• centered, decenter