Colonise

1 definition found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  colonise
       v 1: settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world;
            "Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century" [syn: {colonize}]
            [ant: {decolonize}, {decolonize}]
       2: settle as colonists or establish a colony (in); "The British
          colonized the East Coast" [syn: {colonize}]