colonize
Betekenis (Engels)
- (transitive) To settle (a place) with colonists, and hence make (a place) into a colony.
- (transitive) To settle (a group of people, a species, or the like) in a place as a colony.
- (transitive) To settle among and establish control over (the indigenous people of an area).
- (intransitive) To begin a colony or colonies.
- (broadly, transitive) To intrude into and take over (the autonomy, experience, social movement, etc, of a less powerful person or group); to commandeer or appropriate.
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Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ˈkɑlənaɪz/
Etymologie (Engels)
From colony + -ize.
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