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Webster 1913 Edition
Colonize
Col′o-nize
,Verb.
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.
Col′o-nize
,Verb.
I.
To remove to, and settle in, a distant country; to make a colony.
C. Buchanan.
Webster 1828 Edition
Colonize
COLONIZE
, v.t.1.
To plant or establish a colony in; to plant or settle a number of the subjects of a kingdom or state in a remote country, for the purpose of cultivation, commerce or defense, and for permanent residence.The Greeks colonized the South of Italy and of France.
2.
To migrate and settle in, as inhabitants. English Puritans colonized New England.