colonize (v.)

  1. settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world; Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century

    [ Syn: colonise , colonise ]

  2. settle as colonists or establish a colony (in); The British colonized the East Coast

    [ Syn: colonise ]

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