colonialize

[kuh-loh-nee-uh-lahyz] /kəˈloʊ ni əˌlaɪz/

verb (used with object), colonialized, colonializing.

to make colonial.

Also, especially British, colonialise.

Origin of colonialize

1860-1865

First recorded in 1860-65; colonial + -ize

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The same deficiency in reserve is to be noted in nearly all other colonialized dialects.

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