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Word: Colonize
Speech Type: Verb
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈkɒlənʌɪz
Dialects: British English
Definition:
send settlers to (a place) and establish political control over it
Short Definition:establish colony in place
Examples:- the Greeks colonized Sicily and southern Italy
Variant Forms:
- colonise
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