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colonized

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col·o·nize  (kl-nz)
v. col·o·nized, col·o·niz·ing, col·o·niz·es
v.tr.
1. To form or establish a colony or colonies in.
2. To migrate to and settle in; occupy as a colony.
3. To resettle or confine (persons) in or as if in a colony.
4. To subjugate (a population) to or as if to a colonial government.
v.intr.
1. To form or establish a colony.
2. To settle in a colony or colonies.
colo·nizer n.
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Adj.1.colonized - inhabited by colonists
colonised, settled
inhabited - having inhabitants; lived in; "the inhabited regions of the earth"
Translations
colonized
adj → kolonisiert


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As I was not rich enough to possess a watch, I could not tell how time was passing, except by observing the slowly lengthening shadows from the window; which presented a side view, including a corner of the park, a clump of trees whose topmost branches had been colonized by an innumerable company of noisy rooks, and a high wall with a massive wooden gate: no doubt communicating with the stable-yard, as a broad carriage-road swept up to it from the park.
Agnes Grey by Bronte, Anne View in context
There was no post office in Great Britain until 1656--a generation after America had begun to be colonized.
The History of the Telephone by Casson, Herbert N. View in context
He only wondered why the girl should have any doubts as to the ability of an Englishman to speak English, and then suddenly it occurred to him that she probably looked upon him merely as a beast of the jungle who by accident had learned to speak German through frequenting the district which Germany had colonized.
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