In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
COLONIZES
Verb
colonizes
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of colonize
Source: Wiktionary
COLONIZE
Col"o*nize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Colonized; p. pr. & vb. n. Colonizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. coloniser.]
Definition: To plant or establish a colony or colonies in; to people with colonists; to migrate to and settle in. Bacon. They that would thus colonize the stars with inhabitants. Howell.
Col"o*nize, v. i.
Definition: To remove to, and settle in, a distant country; to make a colony. C. Buchanan.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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