colonise

See also: colonisé

English

Alternative forms

• colonize (American and Oxford British spelling)

Pronunciation

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Verb

colonise (third-person singular simple present colonises, present participle colonising, simple past and past participle colonised)

1. Non-Oxford British standard spelling of colonize.
   • 2022 August 1, Josh Butler, quoting Lidia Thorpe, “Australian senator calls the Queen a coloniser while being sworn in to parliament”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     “I sovereign, Lidia Thorpe, do solemnly and sincerely swear that I will be faithful and I bear true allegiance to the colonising her majesty Queen Elizabeth II,” she said.

Derived terms

• colonisable
• colonisee
• decolonise
• uncolonise

 

Anagrams

• colonies, eclosion

French

Verb

colonise

1. inflection of coloniser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• colonies
• éclosion