Definition of Colonised

1. Adjective. Inhabited by colonists.

Exact synonyms: Colonized, Settled
Similar to: Inhabited

Definition of Colonised

1. Verb. (past of colonise) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Colonised

1. colonise [v] - See also: colonise

Lexicographical Neighbors of Colonised

colonic diverticulitis
colonic diverticulosis
colonic fistula
colonic flora
colonic irrigation
colonic polyp
colonic pseudo-obstruction
colonic smear
colonical
colonics
colonies
colonisation
colonisation factors
colonisations
colonise
colonised (current term)
coloniser
colonisers
colonises
colonising
colonist
colonists
colonitis
colonitises
colonizable
colonization
colonizationism
colonizationist
colonizationists
colonizations

Literary usage of Colonised

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Thucydides Translated Into English by Benjamin Jowett, Thucydides (1881)
"VI. driven out by Gelo, a who himself colonised the city for BC 491- the third time*. 01.72,2- 6. These were the nations, Hellenic or Barbarian, ..."

2. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"colonised, manufacturing India with a permanent surplus and her own flag. I had just installed myself as Viceroy, and by virtue of my office had shipped ..."

3. The History of Thucydides by Thucydides (1829)
"... was of old colonised 1, and the nations which then occupied it were as follows: The most antient inhabitants, as occupants of a part of the country, ..."

4. Chinese Central Asia: A Ride to Little Tibet by Henry Lansdell (1893)
"... colonised by Chinese; Manchu, the court and official language of China; Efforts to Christianise Manchuria, 158.—Mongolia; its dimensions and climate, ..."

5. Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places by Walter Thornbury, Edward Walford (1892)
"... "/En." Gradual Rise and Decline of Somer s Town—The Place largely colonised by Foreigners—A Modem Miracle—Skinner Street—The Brill—A Wholesale Clearance ..."

6. Twelve Months in Madagascar by Joseph Mullens (1875)
"... Hindu, Chinese and Malay—Madagascar colonised by Malays—Three independent Movements—Traditions of the Hovas— Their Arrival in Imerina—Conquest of the ..."

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