colonize

[col·o·nize]

To colonize is to settle in, and take control of, land outside your own borders. Usually, a large, powerful country colonizes a territory or area that's much less powerful.

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To plant or establish a colony or colonies in; to people with colonists; to migrate to and settle in.

Verb
settle as colonists or establish a colony (in); "The British colonized the East Coast"

Verb
settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world; "Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century"


v. t.
To plant or establish a colony or colonies in; to people with colonists; to migrate to and settle in.

v. i.
To remove to, and settle in, a distant country; to make a colony.


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.

Colonize

Col"o*nize, v. i. To remove to, and settle in, a distant country; to make a colony. C. Buchanan.

To plant or establish a colony or colonies in; to people with colonists; to migrate to and settle in.

To remove to, and settle in, a distant country; to make a colony.

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