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colonialize

American  
[kuh-loh-nee-uh-lahyz] / kəˈloʊ ni əˌlaɪz /
especially British, colonialise

verb (used with object)

colonialized, colonializing
  1. to make colonial.


Etymology

Origin of colonialize

First recorded in 1860–65; colonial + -ize