Associations to the word «Colonise»

Wiktionary

COLONISE, verb. (British spelling) (transitive) To settle (somewhere) with colonists.
COLONISE, verb. (transitive) To settle (a species, group of people, or the like) in a new place as a colony.
COLONISE, verb. (intransitive) To begin a new colony.

Dictionary definition

COLONISE, verb. Settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world; "Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century".
COLONISE, verb. Settle as colonists or establish a colony (in); "The British colonized the East Coast".

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras