2 entries under this word

Colonize

Cŏl'o-nīze, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. COLONIZED; p. pr. & vb. n. COLONIZING.] [Fr. coloniser.] To plant or establish a colony in; to people by colonies. Bacon.

verbintransitive

To remove and settle in a distant country; as, to colonize in India. Buchanan.