[col.o.nize] vb -nized ; -niz.ing vt (1622) 1 a: to establish a colony in or on or of b: to establish in a colony
2: to send illegal or irregularly qualified voters into "colonizing doubtful districts"
3: to infiltrate with usu. subversive militants for propaganda and strategy reasons "~ industries" ~ vi: to make or establish a colony: settle -- col.o.niz.er n