Source : WordNet®

colonise
     v 1: settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world;
          "Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century" [syn: {colonize}]
          [ant: {decolonize}, {decolonize}]
     2: settle as colonists or establish a colony (in); "The British
        colonized the East Coast" [syn: {colonize}]