Colonise

Alternative forms

• colonize American

Full definition of colonise

Verb

1. (transitive) To settle (somewhere) with colonists.
2. (transitive) To settle (a species, group of people, or the like) in a new place as a colony.
3. (intransitive) To begin a new colony.

Related terms

• colonial
• colonialism
• colonist
• colony

Anagrams

• colonies
• eclosion