colonize

== English == === Alternative forms === colonise (non-Oxford British spelling) === Etymology === From colony + -ize. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑlənaɪz/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒlənaɪz/ (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /ˈkɔlənɑjz/ Hyphenation: col‧o‧nize === Verb === colonize (third-person singular simple present colonizes, present participle colonizing, simple past and past participle colonized) (American and Oxford British spelling) (transitive) To settle (a place) with colonists, and hence make (a place) into a colony. (transitive) To settle among and establish control over (the indigenous people of an area). (intransitive) To begin a colony or colonies. (transitive, social sciences, by extension) To intrude into and take over (the autonomy, experience, social movement, etc, of a less powerful person or group); to commandeer or appropriate. 2017 June 13, One Year After Pulse, Don't You Dare Come for Any of Us (Lambda Legal): "To have our grief colonized to facilitate a racist political agenda was beyond offensive." ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== colonial colonialism colonist colony ==== Translations ==== == Galician == === Verb === colonize (reintegrationist norm) inflection of colonizar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: co‧lo‧ni‧ze === Verb === colonize inflection of colonizar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative