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Colonize
ˈkɒlənʌɪz
Colonize definitions
verb
colonise
colonised
colonises
colonising
colonize
colonized
colonizes
colonizing
- send settlers to (a place) and establish political control over it
"the Greeks colonized Sicily and southern Italy"
- settle among and establish control over (the Indigenous people of an area)
"they sought to discredit the peoples they were colonizing"
- appropriate (a place or domain) for one's own use
"a small town in a part of the Hudson Valley fast being colonized by weekenders"
- (of a plant or animal) establish itself in (an area)
"mussels can colonize even the most inhospitable rock surfaces"