— 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 laborers in a mining region.
v.i.
3. to form a colony: They went out to Australia to colonize.
4. to settle in a colony.
Also, esp. Brit., colonise .
[ 1615-25; COLON(Y) + -IZE ]