present participle of colonize

plural of colón / plural of colone

A peasant, in Ancient Rome, who was legally tied to the land, but could not be bought or sold

Alternative form of colon (“husbandman”)

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of colonize

(obsolete) Colitis.

plural of colon

(obsolete) A husbandman. / A European colonial settler, especially in a French colony.

(anatomy) Part of the large intestine; the final segment of the digestive system, after (distal to) the ileum and before (proximal to) the rectum. (Because the colon is the largest part of the large intestine (constituting most of it), it is often treated as synonymous therewith in broad or casual usage.)

(transitive) To settle (a place) with colonists, and hence make (a place) into a colony. / (transitive) To settle (a group of people, a species, or the like) in a place as a colony.