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col·o·nize    Audio Help   [kol-uh-nahyz] Pronunciation Key verb, -nized, -niz·ing.
–verb (used with object)
1.to establish a colony in; settle: England colonized Australia.
2.to form a colony of: to colonize laborers in a mining region.
–verb (used without object)
3.to form a colony: They went out to Australia to colonize.
4.to settle in a colony.
Also, especially British, col·o·nise.

[Origin: 1615–25; colon(y) + -ize]

—Related forms
col·o·niz·a·ble, adjective
col·o·niz·a·bil·i·ty, noun
col·o·ni·za·tion, noun
col·o·ni·za·tion·ist, noun
col·o·niz·er, noun
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col·o·nize    Audio Help   (kŏl'ə-nīz')  Pronunciation Key 
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.

col'o·niz'er n.
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