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Webster 1913 Edition
Colonization
Colˊo-ni-za′tion
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
colonisation
.] The act of colonizing, or the state of being colonized; the formation of a colony or colonies.
The wide continent of America invited
colonization
. Bancroft.
Webster 1828 Edition
Colonization
COLONIZATION
,Noun.