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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.

To form or establish a colony or colonies in.
To migrate to and settle in; occupy as a colony.
To resettle or confine (persons) in or as if in a colony.
To subjugate (a population) to or as if to a colonial government.

v. intr.

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

col'o·niz'er n.

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colonize
verb
1.	settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world; "Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century" [ant: decolonise]
2.	settle as colonists or establish a colony (in); "The British colonized the East Coast"

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source - Share This
ˈcolonize, *ˈcolonise verb

to establish a colony in (a place)
Example: The English colonized New England in 1620.

Arabic:	يَسْتَعْمِر
Chinese (Simplified):	开拓殖民地于（某地区）
Chinese (Traditional):	開拓殖民地於(某地區)
Czech:	kolonizovat, osídlit
Danish:	kolonisere
Dutch:	koloniseren
Estonian:	koloniseerima, asustama
Finnish:	perustaa siirtokunta, asuttaa
French:	coloniser
German:	besiedeln
Greek:	αποικίζω
Hungarian:	gyarmatosít
Icelandic:	gera að nÿlendu
Italian:	colonizzare
Japanese:	植民する

Korean:	식민지화하다
Latvian:	kolonizēt
Lithuanian:	kolonizuoti
Norwegian:	kolonisere
Polish:	kolonizować
Portuguese (Brazil):	colonizar
Portuguese (Portugal):	colonizar
Romanian:	a coloniza
Russian:	колонизировать
Slovak:	kolonizovať
Slovenian:	kolonizirati
Spanish:	colonizar
Swedish:	kolonisera
Turkish:	sömürgeleştirmek

See also: colonial, colonialist, colony, "colonize" in any language

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Main Entry: col·o·nize
Pronunciation: 'käl-&-"nIz
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: -nized; -niz·ing
transitive senses
1 : to establish a colony in or on <the parasitic roundworms … have succeeded in colonizing a great variety of hosts —W.H. Dowdeswell>
2 : to isolate in supervised groups colonize intransitive senses
of microorganisms : to become established in a habitat (as a host or a wound) <these bacteria in turn colonize in other parts of the body —R.A. Runnells> —col·o·ni·za·tion /"käl-&-n&-'zA-sh&n/ noun

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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. --Howell.

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