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EnglishMerriam-Webster Dictionary/span>[T] : to migrate to and settle in (an inhabited or uninhabited area) : to establish a colony in //the areas of New England colonized by the Puritans //… the seaside town of Puerto Madryn, named by the Welsh settlers who colonized the few river valleys of Patagonia. — Anita McConnell
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biology, of an organism : to spread to and develop in a new area or habitat //… usually the first plant to colonize newly formed sand spits and newly deposited sands on the barrier islands … — Robert H. Mohlenbrock