Colonization
(Col`o*ni*za"tion) n. [Cf. F. colonisation.] The act of colonizing, or the state of being colonized; the formation of a colony or colonies.

The wide continent of America invited colonization.
Bancroft.

Colonizationist
(Col`o*ni*za"tion*ist), n. A friend to colonization, esp. (U. S. Hist) to the colonization of Africa by emigrants from the colored population of the United States.

Colonize
(Col"o*nize) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Colonized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Colonizing.] [Cf. F. coloniser.] To plant or establish a colony or colonies in; to people with colonists; to migrate to and settle in. Bacon.

They that would thus colonize the stars with inhabitants.
Howell.

Colonize
(Col"o*nize), v. i. To remove to, and settle in, a distant country; to make a colony. C. Buchanan.


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