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colonialize

colonialize verb: to make colonial.

Verb

colonialize (third-person singular simple present colonializes, present participle colonializing, simple past and past participle colonialized)

  1. To make colonial.

Forms of colonialize

third-person singular presentcolonializes
present participlecolonializing
past participlecolonialized
pastcolonialized

Origin of colonialize

From colonial + -ize.

Words formed from colonialize

Questions about colonialize

What does colonialize mean?
Colonialize means to make colonial.
What part of speech is colonialize?
Colonialize is a verb.
What is the past tense of colonialize?
The past tense of colonialize is colonialized.

Words near colonialize in the dictionary

  1. colonialists
  2. colonialities
  3. coloniality
  4. colonialization
  5. colonializations
  6. colonialize
  7. colonialized
  8. colonializes
  9. colonializing
  10. colonially
  11. colonialness

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