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Colonise (verb) means a non-Oxford British standard spelling of colonize.

verb

A 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." — Josh Butler, Australian senator calls the Queen a coloniser while being sworn in to parliament (2022)

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