"colonise" meaning in English

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      "form": "colonises",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "colonising",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "colonised",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "colonised",
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      ]
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "colonisable"
        },
        {
          "word": "colonisee"
        },
        {
          "word": "decolonise"
        },
        {
          "word": "uncolonise"
        }
      ],
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          "word": "colonize"
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      "word": "colonisable"
    },
    {
      "word": "colonisee"
    },
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      "word": "decolonise"
    },
    {
      "word": "uncolonise"
    }
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      "form": "colonises",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "colonising",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "colonised",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
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      "form": "colonised",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "colonize"
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