self-colonize (English, verb)
expansion: self-colonize (third-person singular simple present self-colonizes, present participle self-colonizing, simple past and past participle self-colonized)
Senses:
glosses: To regain power (by indigenous people) after having been under colonial rule by another country, typically with the adoption of some of the culture of the former colonizers.
glosses: To be introduced into an ecosystem through natural processes, as opposed to deliberate introduction by people.
Forms:
form: self-colonizes
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: self-colonizing
tags: participle
present
form: self-colonized
tags: participle
past
form: self-colonized
tags: past
form: self-colonise
tags: alternative