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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Colonize \Col"o*nize\, v. i. To remove to and settle in a distant country; to make a colony. --C. Buchanan. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: colonize v 1: settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world; "Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century" [ant: {decolonize}] 2: settle as colonists or establish a colony (in): "The British colonized the East Coast"
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