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colonise

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Verb1.colonise - settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world; "Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century"
colonize
annex - take (territory) as if by conquest; "Hitler annexed Lithuania"
decolonise, decolonize - grant independence to (a former colony); "West Africa was decolonized in the early 1960's"
2.colonise - settle as colonists or establish a colony (in); "The British colonized the East Coast"
colonize
locate, settle - take up residence and become established; "The immigrants settled in the Midwest"
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Susan and Arthur had seen it as they kissed each other, and Terence and Rachel as they sat talking about Richmond, and Evelyn and Perrott as they strolled about, imagining that they were great captains sent to colonise the world.
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