intransitive. To arrive at or enter a region or district as an invader, settler, occupant, etc.

intransitive. To form a colony or colonies; to colonize, settle. Obsolete.

intransitive. To settle in a place, country, etc.; to form or establish a colony or settlement.

intransitive. To settle down as inhabitants or colonists; to form a settlement. Obsolete. rare.

Of a people: To take up its abode in a foreign country. Also, to establish a colony.