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colonied

colonied is the simple past and past participle of colony.

Meaning of colony

Verb

colony (third-person singular simple present colonies, present participle colonying, simple past and past participle colonied)

  1. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To colonize.
    • Such black Attendants Colonied thy Cell, / But for thy Preſence, Car’sbrook had been Hell.1649, [John Cleveland], “A Deep Groan, Fetch’d at the Funerall of That Incomparable and Glorious Monarch, […]”, in Monumentum Regale or A Tombe, Erected for That Incomparable and Glorious Monarch...

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Questions about colonied

What is colonied the simple past and past participle of?
Colonied is the simple past and past participle of colony.

Words near colonied in the dictionary

  1. colonic transit times
  2. colonical
  3. colonically
  4. colonics
  5. Colonie
  6. colonied
  7. colonies
  8. colonigenic
  9. colonimetric
  10. colonisable
  11. colonisation

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