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col·o·nize  (kl-nz)

v. col·o·nized, col·o·niz·ing, col·o·niz·es

v.tr.

1. To form or establish a colony or colonies in.

2. To migrate to and settle in; occupy as a colony.

3. To resettle or confine (persons) in or as if in a colony.

4. To subjugate (a population) to or as if to a colonial government.

v.intr.

1. To form or establish a colony.

2. To settle in a colony or colonies.

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colo·nizer n.

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colonize, colonise [ˈkɒləˌnaɪz]

vb

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) to send colonists to or establish a colony in (an area)

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) to settle in (an area) as colonists

3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (tr) to transform (a community) into a colony

4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Environmental Science) (of plants and animals) to become established in (a new environment)

colonizable , colonisable adj

colonization , colonisation n

colonizer , coloniser n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	colonize - settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world; "Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century" colonise annex - take (territory) as if by conquest; "Hitler annexed Lithuania" decolonise, decolonize - grant independence to (a former colony); "West Africa was decolonized in the early 1960's"
	2.	colonize - settle as colonists or establish a colony (in); "The British colonized the East Coast" colonise locate, settle - take up residence and become established; "The immigrants settled in the Midwest"

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colonize

verb settle, populate, put down roots in, people, pioneer, open up The first British attempt to colonize Ireland was in the twelfth century.

Translations

colonize [ˈkɒlənaɪz] VT → colonizar

colonize [ˈkɒlənaɪz] colonise (British) vt [+ country] → coloniser

colonize

vt → kolonisieren

colonize [ˈkɒləˌnaɪz] vt → colonizzare