Citations:colonise

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English citations of colonise

Verb (transitive): settle with a group

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  • 1884 C.E., Frederick Sanders Pulling and Sidney J. Low, The Dictionary of English History, Cassell & Company; pages 1022–1023:
    In 1608 a commission was appointed to consider what should be done with these large estates, and proposed to colonise the whole district with “ retired civil and military servants,” and with colonists from England and Scotland.
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