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   Colonize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Colonized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Colonizing.] [Cf. F. coloniser.] To plant or establish a colony or colonies in; to people with colonists; to migrate to and settle in.  Bacon.
   
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   They that would thus colonize the stars with inhabitants. Howell.
   
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   Colonize, v. i. To remove to, and settle in, a distant country; to make a colony.  C. Buchanan.
   
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