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colonize
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[ˈkɒlənʌɪz], (Verb)
Definitions:
- send settlers to (a place) and establish political control over it
(e.g: the Greeks colonized Sicily and southern Italy)
- (of a plant or animal) establish itself in (an area)
(e.g: mussels can colonize even the most inhospitable rock surfaces)
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