colonize

Alternative forms

• colonise (UK)

Verb

colonize (third-person singular simple present colonizes, present participle colonizing, simple past and past participle colonized)

1. American and Oxford British English standard spelling of colonise.
   • 1988, James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom, Oxford 2003, page 509:

     The administration finally sent a naval vessel to return the 368 survivors to the United States in 1864. This ended official efforts to colonize blacks.

Verb

colonize

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of colonizar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of colonizar
3. third-person singular imperative of colonizar