Colonize : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Colonize	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Colonize
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
colonize v settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world; "Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century" Synonym(s): colonize, colonise Antonym(s): decolonise, decolonize settle as colonists or establish a colony (in); "The British colonized the East Coast" Synonym(s): colonize, colonise
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Colonize \Col"onize\, 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. They that would thus colonize* the stars with inhabitants. --Howell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Colonize \Col"o*nize\, v. i. To remove to, and settle in, a distant country; to make a colony. --C. Buchanan.