transitive. To set or place (a seed, bulb, or growing thing) in the ground so that it may take root and grow; to establish (a garden, orchard, etc.)…

To cause to take up one's residence in a place; esp. to establish (a body of persons) as residents in a town or country; to plant (a colony, †a town).

transitive. To establish (a person) as a colonist; to settle or resettle (people, typically a group with a shared identity, status, etc.) in a…