colonize

colonize
Synonyms and related words:
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

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  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Colonize — Col o*nize, v. i. To remove to, and settle in, a distant country; to make a colony. C. Buchanan. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • colonize — index inhabit, occupy (take possession) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • colonize — 1620s, to settle with colonists, from stem of L. colonus tiller of the soil, farmer (see COLONY (Cf. colony)); in sense to make another place into a national dependency without regard for settlement there by 1790s (e.g. in reference to French… …   Etymology dictionary

  • colonize — (Amer.) col·o·nize || kÉ‘lÉ™naɪz / kÉ’l v. settle, establish colonies, go to and live in a colony (also colonise) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • colonize — (also colonise) ► VERB 1) establish a colony in (a place). 2) take over (a place) for one s own use. DERIVATIVES colonization noun colonizer noun …   English terms dictionary

  • colonize — [käl′ə nīz΄] vt. colonized, colonizing 1. to found or establish a colony or colonies in 2. to settle (persons) in a colony ☆ 3. to place (voters) illegally in (a district) so as to influence an election vi. 1. to found or establish a colony or… …   English World dictionary

  • colonize — [[t]kɒ̱lənaɪz[/t]] colonizes, colonizing, colonized (in BRIT, also use colonise) 1) VERB If people colonize a foreign country, they go to live there and take control of it. [V n] The first British attempt to colonize Ireland was in the twelfth… …   English dictionary

  • colonize — verb ( nized; nizing) Date: 1622 transitive verb 1. a. to establish a colony in or on or of < colonize an island > b. to establish in a colony < the rights of colonized people > 2. to send …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • colonize — colonizable, adj. colonizability, n. colonization, n. colonizationist, n. colonizer, n. /kol euh nuyz /, v., colonized, colonizing. v.t. 1. to establish a colony in; settle: England colonized Australia. 2. to form a colony of: to colonize… …   Universalium

  • colonize — UK [ˈkɒlənaɪz] / US [ˈkɑləˌnaɪz] verb [transitive] Word forms colonize : present tense I/you/we/they colonize he/she/it colonizes present participle colonizing past tense colonized past participle colonized to take control of another country by… …   English dictionary

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