Hypertext Webster Gateway: "colonized"

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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

colonized
adj : inhabited by colonists [syn: {colonised}, {settled}]


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