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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
colonise .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective inhabited by colonists
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Examples
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I think we're looking at a bunch of old style Colonialists - and the country being colonised is England.
“End of Welfare”. Newmania 2007
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Germans -- colonised, that is to say, in urban and money-making fashion.
Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo Will [Illustrator] Gref�� 1906
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Ethiopia had never been colonised, which is very important even when it comes to understanding the music of this country.
World Music Central 2010
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Scotland was not 'colonised' as various parts of the British Empire were, the history is as much about the competing interests of rival royals as it is about nationalism.
The Case Of The Scottish Pardon: Or, Extremism in Defense Of Liberty Is Becoming A Little Tiresome Tenured Radical 2009
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At numerous points around the lake, the newly exposed lakebed has already been "colonised", with temporary federal government permits, by land-starved farmers.
Lake Chapala: 2000 follow-up to saving Mexico's largest lake 2000
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At numerous points around the lake, the newly exposed lakebed has already been "colonised", with temporary federal government permits, by land-starved farmers.
Lake Chapala: 2000 follow-up to saving Mexico's largest lake 2000
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Goldfields mines are to be "colonised" this year by the National
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Chinese also believe that Indians easily adapted to western culture because India was a 'colonised' country.
rediff.com 2010
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This could either suggest a huge gap in Africa's fossil record - unlikely, say the scientists, given the amount of archaeological work undertaken in the area - or that the species "colonised" Africa from another continent at this time.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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This could either suggest a huge gap in Africa's fossil record - unlikely, say the scientists, given the amount of archaeological work undertaken in the area - or that the species "colonised" Africa from another continent at this time.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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