資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Colonize \Col"o*nize\, 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.

         They that would thus colonize the stars with
         inhabitants.                             --Howell.