colonize

verb

1.
settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world
colonise
Agent:
colonizer
Event:
colonization
Antonym:
decolonize
Derived from:
colonization colonizer colony
Exemplifies:
American spelling
2.
settle as colonists or establish a colony (in)
fermshippen landboten colonise
Event:
colonization
Derived from:
colonization colony
Exemplifies:
American spelling