colonise

Verb

Verb Forms: colonised, colonising, colonises

• To establish a colony; to settle and exert control over.
• settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world
• settle as colonists or establish a colony (in)
• Non-Oxford British standard spelling of colonize.

Examples

• He hoped to COLONISE the triple-word score, making it his own with a long word.

Synonyms

colonize

Antonyms

decolonise, decolonize