colonize

中文： 拓殖、殖民

1. To settle (a place) with colonists, and hence make (a place) into a colony. (transitive)
2. To settle among and establish control over (the indigenous people of an area). (transitive)
3. To begin a colony or colonies. (intransitive)
4. To intrude into and take over (the autonomy, experience, social movement, etc, of a less powerful person or group); to commandeer or appropriate. (transitive)

He/she/it colonizes · 过去式 colonized · 过去分词 colonized · -ing形式 colonizing