verb (v)

• settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world(verb.social)

  Example:
  Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century.
  

  Synonym:
  colonise
  Antonym:
  decolonise, decolonize
  

  source: wordnet30
• settle as colonists or establish a colony (in)(verb.change)

  Example:
  The British colonized the East Coast.
  

  source: wordnet30
• To plant or establish a colony or colonies in; to people with colonists; to migrate to and settle in.(verb)

  source: webster1913
• To remove to, and settle in, a distant country; to make a colony.(verb)

  source: webster1913