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   col·o·nize

   /ˈkäləˌnīz/

   verb

   • 1. (of a country or its citizens) send a group of settlers to (a place) and establish political control over it: "the Greeks colonized Sicily and southern Italy"
   • ▪ come to settle among and establish political control over (the indigenous people of an area): "they sought to discredit the peoples they were colonizing"
   • ▪ appropriate (a place or domain) for one's own use: "a small town in a part of the Hudson Valley fast being colonized by weekenders"
   • ▪ (of a plant or animal) establish itself in (an area): "mussels can colonize even the most inhospitable rock surfaces"

   Scrabble Points: 19

   • C

     3

   • O

     1

   • L

     1

   • O

     1

   • N

     1

   • I

     1

   • Z

     10

   • E

     1

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