colonized

col·o·nize

 (kŏl′ə-nīz′)

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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col′o·niz′er n.

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colonized

(ˈkɒləˌnaɪzd) or

colonised

adj

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (of a territory) settled as a colony

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) subject to the rule of an another country

3. (Environmental Science) ecology inhabited by newly established plants or animals

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Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

colonized - inhabited by colonists colonised, settled inhabited - having inhabitants; lived in; "the inhabited regions of the earth"

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Translations

colonized

adj → kolonisiert

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