colonized

Definition of Colonized in English :

1. colonised, colonized, settled

inhabited by colonists

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Colonized

adjective

1.

(of a territory) settled as a colony

a colonized state

2.

subject to the rule of an another country

For more than 400 years, we were a colonized people.

3. ecology

inhabited by newly established plants or animals

colonized sites

v. col·o·nized, col·o·niz·ing, col·o·niz·es

v.tr.

1. To form or establish a colony or colonies in.

2. To migrate to and settle in; occupy as a colony.

3. To resettle or confine (persons) in or as if in a colony.

4. To subjugate (a population) to or as if to a colonial government.

v.intr.

1. To form or establish a colony.

2. To settle in a colony or colonies.