'Colonize' definitions:
Definition of 'colonize'
From: WordNet
verb
Settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world; "Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century" [syn: colonize, colonise] [ant: decolonise, decolonize]
verb
Settle as colonists or establish a colony (in); "The British colonized the East Coast" [syn: colonize, colonise]
Definition of 'Colonize'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- They that would thus colonize the stars with inhabitants. --Howell. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Colonize'
From: GCIDE
- Colonize \Col"o*nize\, v. i. To remove to, and settle in, a distant country; to make a colony. --C. Buchanan. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'colonize'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adopt,
- anchor,
- appropriate,
- arrogate,
- assume,
- billet at,
- bivouac,
- burrow,
- camp,
- come to anchor,
- conquer,
- denizen,
- domesticate,
- drop anchor,
- empeople,
- ensconce,
- enslave,
- establish residence,
- hive,
- hog,
- indent,
- inhabit,
- jump a claim,
- keep house,
- live at,
- locate,
- make free with,
- make use of,
- monopolize,
- moor,
- move,
- nest,
- occupy,
- overrun,
- park,
- people,
- perch,
- plant,
- populate,
- preempt,
- preoccupy,
- prepossess,
- relocate,
- requisition,
- reside,
- roost,
- set up housekeeping,
- set up shop,
- settle,
- settle down,
- settle in,
- sit down,
- sit on,
- squat,
- squat on,
- stand,
- stay at,
- strike root,
- subjugate,
- take all of,
- take it all,
- take over,
- take possession of,
- take residence at,
- take root,
- take up,
- take up residence,
- usurp