colonizationist (kol"onizashonist)

colonize (kol'ō-niz), v.; pret. and pp. colonized, ppr. colonizing. [= F.coloniser, etc.; as colony +-ize.] I. trans. 1. To plant or establish a colony in; occupy with a colony or colonies: as, England colonized Australia. But I a and Pharos, the only ones to which we can fix a positive date, were colonized only in the first half of the fourth century. E. A. Freeman , Venice, p. 191. 2. To form a colony of; establish in a new settlement; settle together as a body: as, to colonize the surplus population; to colonize laborers in a mining region.-3. To migrate to and settle in, especially as the first or the principal inhabitants; occupy as a colony: as, English Puritans colonized New England.-4. To place or settle for the time being in a voting-precinct so as to be able to vote at an election: as, to colonize voters. II. in trans. To form a colony; congregate in a new settlement: as, to colonize in India. Also colonise .