What does colonise mean?
Colonise means Non-Oxford British standard spelling of colonize..
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/ˈkɒlənaɪz/ · verb
Non-Oxford British standard spelling of colonize..
“I sovereign, Lidia Thorpe, do solemnly and sincerely swear that I will be faithful and I bear true allegiance to the colonising her majesty Queen Elizabeth II,” she said.
Use colonise when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Colonise means Non-Oxford British standard spelling of colonize..
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“I sovereign, Lidia Thorpe, do solemnly and sincerely swear that I will be faithful and I bear true allegiance to the colonising her majesty Queen Elizabeth II,” she said.
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