Definitions from Wiktionary (colonize)

▸ verb:  (transitive) To settle (a place) with colonists, and hence make (a place) into a colony.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To settle (a group of people, a species, or the like) in a place as a colony.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To settle among and establish control over (the indigenous people of an area).
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To begin a colony or colonies.
▸ verb:  (transitive, social sciences, by extension) To intrude into and take over (the autonomy, experience, social movement, etc, of a less powerful person or group); to commandeer or appropriate.
▸ Also see colonize

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