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Colonize vs. Colonise — What's the Difference?

Colonize vs. Colonise — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Colonize and Colonise

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Colonize

To form or establish a colony or colonies in.

Colonise

Standard spelling of colonize

Colonize

To migrate to and settle in; occupy as a colony.

Colonise

Settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world;
Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century

Colonize

To resettle or confine (persons) in or as if in a colony.
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Colonise

Settle as colonists or establish a colony (in);
The British colonized the East Coast

Colonize

To subjugate (a population) to or as if to a colonial government.

Colonize

To form or establish a colony.

Colonize

To settle in a colony or colonies.

Colonize

(transitive) To settle (a place) with colonists, and hence make (a place) into a colony.

Colonize

(transitive) To settle (a group of people, a species, or the like) in a place as a colony.

Colonize

(transitive) To settle among and establish control over (the indigenous people of an area).

Colonize

(intransitive) To begin a colony or colonies.

Colonize

To intrude into and take over (the autonomy, experience, social movement, etc, of a less powerful person or group); to commandeer or appropriate.

Colonize

To plant or establish a colony or colonies in; to people with colonists; to migrate to and settle in.
They that would thus colonize the stars with inhabitants.

Colonize

To remove to, and settle in, a distant country; to make a colony.

Colonize

Settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world;
Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century

Colonize

Settle as colonists or establish a colony (in);
The British colonized the East Coast

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