1.  colonize(v = verb.social) colonise - settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world; "Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century"
is one way to annex
Antonym: decolonize
Derived forms noun colonization₁, noun colonizer₁, noun colony₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

2.  colonize(v = verb.change) colonise - settle as colonists or establish a colony (in); "The British colonized the East Coast"
is one way to locate, settle
Derived forms noun colonization₁, noun colony₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

   To plant or establish a colony or colonies in; to people with colonists; to migrate to and settle in. Bacon. [1913 Webster]
"They that would thus colonize the stars with inhabitants." [1913 Webster]

   To remove to, and settle in, a distant country; to make a colony. C. Buchanan. [1913 Webster]

colonize, v. (also -ise)
1 tr. a establish a colony or colonies in (a country or area). b settle as colonists.
2 intr. establish or join a colony.
3 tr. US Polit. plant voters in (a district) for party purposes.
4 tr. Biol. (of plants and animals) become established (in an area).

Derivative:
colonization n. colonizer n.

VB  place, situate, locate, localize, make a place for, put, lay, set, seat, station, lodge, quarter, post, install, house, stow, establish, fix, pin, root, graft, plant, shelve, pitch, camp, lay down, deposit, reposit, cradle, moor, tether, picket, pack, tuck in, embed, imbed, vest, invest in, billet on, quarter upon, saddle with, load, lade, freight, pocket, put up, bag, inhabit, domesticate, colonize, take root, strike root, anchor, cast anchor, come to an anchor, sit down, settle down, settle, take up one's abode, take up one's quarters, plant oneself, establish oneself, locate oneself, squat, perch, hive, se nicher, bivouac, burrow, get a footing, encamp, pitch one's tent, put up at, put up one's horses at, keep house, endenizen, naturalize, adopt, put back, replace.