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Colonise

verb
1.
Settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world.  Synonym: colonize.
2.
Settle as colonists or establish a colony (in).  Synonym: colonize.



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"Colonise" Quotes from Famous Books



... the firmest in maintaining order and discipline. The fever slackened as they reached the cooler latitudes. They worked their way up the Bahama Channel, going north to avoid the trades. The French Protestants had been attempting to colonise in Florida. The Spaniards had built a fortress on the coast, to observe their settlements and, as occasion offered, cut Huguenot throats. As he passed by Drake paid this fortress a visit and wiped it out. ...
— English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century - Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4 • James Anthony Froude



Words linked to "Colonise" :   decolonise, colony, decolonize, colonisation, coloniser, locate, annex, settle



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