1) Annex 2) Colonise 3) Inhabit 4) Settle as a colony 5) What ants do 1) Colonise 2) Inhabit 3) Settle 
• (v. t.) To plant or establish a colony or colonies in; to people with colonists; to migrate to and settle in. • (v. i.) To remove to, and settle in, a distant country; to make a colony.
Col'o·nize intransitive verb To remove to, and settle in, a distant country; to make a colony. C. Buchanan. Col'o·nize transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Colonized ; present participle & verbal noun Colonizing .] [ Confer French coloniser .] To plant or establish a colony or colonies in; to people with colonists; to migrate to...
[v] - settle as a colony 2. [v] - settle as colonists or establish a colony (in)
colonize 1. To form or establish a colony or colonies. 2. To migrate to and settle in; occupy as a colony. 3. To resettle or confine (people) in or as if in a colony. 4. To settle in a colony or colonies.
colonise verb settle as colonists or establish a colony (in); `The British colonized the East Coast`