Dictionary entry

Colonize

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Col″o‐nize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Colonized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Colonizing.] [Cf. F. coloniser.] To plant or establish a colony or colonies in; to people with colonists; to migrate to and settle in. Bacon.

They that would thus colonize the stars with inhabitants.

Howell.