Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to self-colonize
Participle: self-colonized
Gerund: self-colonizing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | self-colonize |
| you | self-colonize |
| he;she;it | self-colonizes |
| we | self-colonize |
| you | self-colonize |
| they | self-colonize |
Perfect
| I | have self-colonized |
| you | have self-colonized |
| he;she;it | has self-colonized |
| we | have self-colonized |
| you | have self-colonized |
| they | have self-colonized |
Past
| I | self-colonized |
| you | self-colonized |
| he;she;it | self-colonized |
| we | self-colonized |
| you | self-colonized |
| they | self-colonized |
Pluperfect
| I | had self-colonized |
| you | had self-colonized |
| he;she;it | had self-colonized |
| we | had self-colonized |
| you | had self-colonized |
| they | had self-colonized |
Future
| I | will self-colonize |
| you | will self-colonize |
| he;she;it | will self-colonize |
| we | will self-colonize |
| you | will self-colonize |
| they | will self-colonize |
Future Perfect
| I | will have self-colonized |
| you | will have self-colonized |
| he;she;it | will have self-colonized |
| we | will have self-colonized |
| you | will have self-colonized |
| they | will have self-colonized |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | self-colonize |
| you | self-colonize |
| he;she;it | self-colonize |
| we | self-colonize |
| you | self-colonize |
| they | self-colonize |
Perfect
| I | have self-colonized |
| you | have self-colonized |
| he;she;it | have self-colonized |
| we | have self-colonized |
| you | have self-colonized |
| they | have self-colonized |
Imperfect
| I | self-colonized |
| you | self-colonized |
| he;she;it | self-colonized |
| we | self-colonized |
| you | self-colonized |
| they | self-colonized |
Pluperfect
| I | had self-colonized |
| you | had self-colonized |
| he;she;it | had self-colonized |
| we | had self-colonized |
| you | had self-colonized |
| they | had self-colonized |
Conditional
Present
| I | would self-colonize |
| you | would self-colonize |
| he;she;it | would self-colonize |
| we | would self-colonize |
| you | would self-colonize |
| they | would self-colonize |
Perfect
| I | would have self-colonized |
| you | would have self-colonized |
| he;she;it | would have self-colonized |
| we | would have self-colonized |
| you | would have self-colonized |
| they | would have self-colonized |
Imperative
| you | self-colonize |
| we | Let's self-colonize |
| you | self-colonize |
Verbs conjugated like 'self-colonize'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'self-colonize'
self-colonise,
decolonize,
recolonize,
colonize,
decolonise,
decolorize,
defelonize,
electronize,
hypercolonize,
monocolonize,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From self- + colonize.
Sample Sentences
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Nazi-era Schlager are thus reappropriated as part of the FRG after 1989 and help to self-colonize the previously alien(ated) nation of Germany for the Germans. [2010, Susan G. Figge, Jenifer K. Ward, Reworking the German Past, →ISBN:]
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The legacy of colonialism continues and expands to include those who self-colonize thereby reaffirming Weber's caricatures and uncritical idealisations of Westernisation and law or even to idealisations of Islamic law. [2013, Keebet von Benda-Beckmann, Franz von Benda-Beckmann, Anne Griffiths, The Power Of Law In A Transnational World: Anthropological Enquiries, →ISBN:]
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The significant distinction from Glissant in chamoiseau's novel, however, comes from the fact that the béké masters have been replaced with black policemen; the French power structure allows the various strata of Martinique to self-colonize through their language use. [2016, Nels Pearson, Marc Singer, Detective Fiction in a Postcolonial and Transnational World, →ISBN, page 85:]
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Steeped in a military lore from college and from international exposure, the subaltern promised success for shaping an army of modern soldiers from mere peasants and for advancing the schedule to self-colonize the republic's dark corners. [2017 -, Stephen B. Neufeld, The Blood Contingent: The Military and the Making of Modern Mexico, →ISBN:]
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Cordgrass will be planted, not left to self-colonize. [2001, Bolsa Chica Lowlands Restoration Project: Environmental Impact Statement:]
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If not, expect an abundance of weeds, by which we mean invasive and nonnative species that self- colonize. [2008, Sally Stenhouse Kneidel, Sadie Kneidel, Going Green: A Wise Consumer's Guide to a Shrinking Planet, page 95:]
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Similarly, at Fresh Kills, a closed landfill with barely any living soil or biodiversity, the task of the layers is to build a new thick surface over time—an ecologically engineered surface that will self-colonize and grow and adapt. [2016, Christophe Girot, Dora Imhof, Thinking the Contemporary Landscape, →ISBN, page 130:]