Colonises vs Colonizes - What's the difference?
colonises | colonizes |
(colonise)
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To settle (somewhere) with (l).
To settle (a species, group of people, or the like) in a new place as a colony.
To begin a new colony.
(colonize)
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(American spelling)
* 1988 , James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom , Oxford 2003, page 509:
As verbs the difference between colonises and colonizes
is that colonises is third-person singular of colonise while colonizes is third-person singular of colonize.colonises
English
Verb
(head)colonise
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Alternative forms
* colonizeVerb
(colonis)Anagrams
* * ----colonizes
English
Verb
(head)colonize
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Alternative forms
* colonise (UK )Verb
(coloniz)- The administration finally sent a naval vessel to return the 368 survivors to the United States in 1864. This ended official efforts to colonize blacks.