Colonize

v. t.	1.	To plant or establish a colony or colonies in; to people with colonists; to migrate to and settle in. [imp. & p. p. Colonized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Colonizing.] They that would thus colonize the stars with inhabitants. - Howell.
v. i.	1.	To remove to, and settle in, a distant country; to make a colony.

Verb	1.	colonize - settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world; "Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century" Synonyms: colonise Antonyms: decolonise, decolonize - grant independence to (a former colony); "West Africa was decolonized in the early 1960's"
	2.	colonize - settle as colonists or establish a colony (in); "The British colonized the East Coast" Synonyms: colonise

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