Constitution of the United States of America, the fundamental law of the U.S. federal system of government and a landmark document of the Western world. The oldest written national constitution in use, the Constitution defines the principal organs of government and their jurisdictions and the basic rights of citizens. Constitutional Convention.
verb (used with object), urbanized, urbanizing. 1. to make or cause to become urban, as a locality. Also, especially British, urbanise.
1. colonize-settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world; Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century. colonise. annex-take (territory) as if by conquest; Hitler annexed Lithuania. decolonise, decolonize-grant independence to (a former colony); West Africa was decolonized in the early 1960's.olonise. locate, settle-take up residence and become established; The immigrants settled in the Midwest. verb settle, populate, put down roots in, people, pioneer, open up The first British attempt to colonize Ireland was in the twelfth century.