Hypertext Webster Gateway: "colonize"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Colonize \Col"o*nize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Colonized}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Colonizing}.] [Cf. F. coloniser.]
To plant or establish a colony or colonies in; to people with
colonists; to migrate to and settle in. --Bacon.
They that would thus colonize the stars with
inhabitants. --Howell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Colonize \Col"o*nize\, v. i.
To remove to, and settle in, a distant country; to make a
colony. --C. Buchanan.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
colonize
v 1: settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world;
"Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century" [syn: {colonise}]
[ant: {decolonize}, {decolonize}]
2: settle as colonists or establish a colony (in): "The British
colonized the East Coast" [syn: {colonise}]
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