English-Thai Dictionary

colonize

VI บุกเบิก อาณานิคม  สร้าง อาณานิคม  ตั้ง อาณานิคม  ยึด เป็น อาณานิคม  อพยพ ไป ตั้งถิ่นฐาน  settle migrate immigrate transplant buk-bak-ar-na-ni-kom

 

colonize

VT บุกเบิก อาณานิคม  สร้าง อาณานิคม  ตั้ง อาณานิคม  ยึด เป็น อาณานิคม  อพยพ ไป ตั้งถิ่นฐาน  settle transplant pioneer buk-bak-ar-na-ni-kom

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COLONIZE

v.t. 1. To plant or establish a colony in; to plant or settle a number of the subjects of a kingdom or state in a remote country, for the purpose of cultivation, commerce or defense, and for permanent residence.
The Greeks colonized the South of Italy and of France.
2. To migrate and settle in, as inhabitants. English Puritans colonized New England.

 

COLONIZED

pp. Settle or planted with a colony.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COLONIZE

Col "o *nize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Colonized; p. pr. & vb. n.Colonizing. ] Etym: [Cf. F. coloniser. ]

 

Defn: 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

COLONIZE Col "o *nize, v. i.

 

Defn: To remove to, and settle in, a distant country; to make a colony. C. Buchanan.

 

COLONIZER

COLONIZER Col "o *ni `zer, n.

 

Defn: One who promotes or establishes a colony; a colonist. Bancroft.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

colonize

col o nize |ˈkäləˌnīz ˈkɑləˌnaɪz | ▶verb [ with obj. ] (of a country or its citizens ) send a group of settlers to (a place ) and establish political control over it: the Greeks colonized Sicily and southern Italy. • come to settle among and establish political control over (the indigenous people of an area ): a white family that tries to colonize a Caribbean island. • appropriate (a place or domain ) for one's own use. • Ecology (of a plant or animal ) establish itself in an area: mussels can colonize even the most inhospitable rock surfaces | [ no obj. ] : insect borers colonize in rotted shoreline deadfalls. DERIVATIVES col o ni za tion |ˌkälənəˈzāSHən |noun, col o niz er noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

colonize

colonize |ˈkɒlənʌɪz |(also colonise ) ▶verb [ with obj. ] send settlers to (a place ) and establish political control over it: the Greeks colonized Sicily and southern Italy. • settle among and establish control over (the indigenous people of an area ). • appropriate (a place or domain ) for one's own use: a small town in a part of the Hudson Valley fast being colonized by weekenders. • Ecology (of a plant or animal ) establish itself in (an area ). DERIVATIVES colonization |-ˈzeɪʃ (ə )n |noun, colonizer noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

colonize

colonize verb the Germans colonized Tanganyika in 1885: settle (in ), people, populate; occupy, take over, seize, capture, subjugate.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

colonize

colonize verb the Germans colonized Tanganyika in 1885: settle (in ), establish a colony in, people, populate, pioneer, open up, found; overrun, occupy, take over, seize, capture, take possession of, annex, subjugate. ANTONYMS leave; grant independence to.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

colonize

col o nize /kɑ́lənàɪz |kɔ́l -/動詞 他動詞 1 〈地域 国など 〉を植民地化する ; 〈移民 〉を植民地に移住させる .2 〘生物 〙〈動物が 〉〈ある場所 〉にコロニーを作る ; 〖通例be ～d 〗〈ある場所が 〉【植物の 】群生地となる «by » .3 ｟米 ｠(選挙のため )〈有権者 〉を一時移住させる .自動詞 植民地を開拓する, (ある地域に )入植する ; 群生する .

 

colonizer

c ó l o n ì zer 名詞 C 〖通例 ～s 〗植民地開拓者 ; 入植者 ; ｟米 ｠移入有権者 .