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Meaning of word colonise from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

colonise   verb

Meaning : Settle as a colony. Of countries in the developing world.

Example : Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century.

Synonyms : colonize

Grant independence to (a former colony).

West Africa was decolonized in the early 1960's.
decolonise, decolonize

Meaning : Settle as colonists or establish a colony (in).

Example : The British colonized the East Coast.

Synonyms : colonize