பொருள் : Settle as a colony. Of countries in the developing world.
							எடுத்துக்காட்டு : 
							Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century.
							
ஒத்த சொற்கள் : colonise
Grant independence to (a former colony).
West Africa was decolonized in the early 1960's.பொருள் : Settle as colonists or establish a colony (in).
							எடுத்துக்காட்டு : 
							The British colonized the East Coast.
							
ஒத்த சொற்கள் : colonise