Verb has 2 senses

• colonise(v = verb.social) colonize - settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world; "Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century"

Antonym: decolonise
Derived form noun colonisation₁, noun coloniser₁, noun colony₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

• colonise(v = verb.change) colonize - settle as colonists or establish a colony (in); "The British colonized the East Coast"

Derived form noun colonisation₁, noun colony₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something