colonise

See also: colonisé

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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.

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French

Verb

colonise

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

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