About The Word Colonize
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Colonize
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What's The Definition Of Colonize?
[v] settle as colonists or establish a colony (in); "The British colonized the East Coast"
[v] settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world; "Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century" Synonyms | Synonyms for Colonize: colonise | colonise Related Terms | Find terms related to Colonize: adopt | anchor | appropriate | arrogate | assume | billet at | bivouac | burrow | camp | come to anchor | conquer | denizen | domesticate | drop anchor | empeople | ensconce | enslave | establish residence | hive | hog | indent | inhabit | jump a claim | keep house | live at | locate | make free with | make use of | monopolize | moor | move | nest | occupy | overrun | park | people | perch | plant | populate | preempt | preoccupy | prepossess | relocate | requisition | reside | roost | set up housekeeping | set up shop | settle | settle down | settle in | sit down | sit on | squat | squat on | stand | stay at | strike root | subjugate | take all of | take it all | take over | take possession of | take residence at | take root | take up | take up residence | usurp See Also | annex | locate | settle | take over Colonize In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\Col"o*nize\, v. i. To remove to, and settle in, a distant country; to make a colony. --C. Buchanan. |
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