Defn: See Colitis.
COLONIZATION
Col`o*ni*za"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. colonisation.]
Defn: Tha 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.
Defn: 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.] 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
Col"o*nize, v. i.
Defn: To remove to, and settle in, a distant country; to make a colony. C. Buchanan.
COLONIZER
Col"o*ni`zer, n.