Associations to the word «Colonise»

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.

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".