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  • 101Settling day — Settling Set tling, n. 1. The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing one s self, of colonizing, subsiding, adjusting, etc. [1913 Webster] 2. pl. That which settles at the bottom of a liquid; lees; dregs; sediment. Milton …

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  • 102Zion movement — Zionism i on*ism, n. [Zion + ism.] Among the Jews, a theory, plan, or movement for colonizing their own race in Palestine, the land of Zion, or, if that is impracticable, elsewhere, either for religious or nationalizing purposes; called also… …

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  • 103Zionism — i on*ism, n. [Zion + ism.] Among the Jews, a theory, plan, or movement for colonizing their own race in Palestine, the land of Zion, or, if that is impracticable, elsewhere, either for religious or nationalizing purposes; called also {Zion… …

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  • 104Zionist — Zionism i on*ism, n. [Zion + ism.] Among the Jews, a theory, plan, or movement for colonizing their own race in Palestine, the land of Zion, or, if that is impracticable, elsewhere, either for religious or nationalizing purposes; called also… …

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  • 105Zionistic — Zionism i on*ism, n. [Zion + ism.] Among the Jews, a theory, plan, or movement for colonizing their own race in Palestine, the land of Zion, or, if that is impracticable, elsewhere, either for religious or nationalizing purposes; called also… …

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  • 106aborigine — noun Etymology: Latin aborigines, plural, from ab origine from the beginning Date: 1533 1. an aboriginal inhabitant especially as contrasted with an invading or colonizing people 2. often capitalized a member of any of the indigenous peoples of… …

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  • 107colonization — noun Date: 1766 an act or instance of colonizing • colonizationist noun …

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  • 108colonize — verb ( nized; nizing) Date: 1622 transitive verb 1. a. to establish a colony in or on or of < colonize an island > b. to establish in a colony < the rights of colonized people > 2. to send …

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  • 109American English — US English redirects here. For the political organization, see U.S. English (organization). For other uses, see American English (disambiguation). English language prevalence in the United States. Darker shades of blue indicate higher&#8230; …

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  • 110Adaptive radiation — [ 13 finch species found on the Galápagos Archipelago, are thought to have evolved by an adaptive radiation that diversified their beak shapes to adapt them to different food sources.] An adaptive radiation is a rapid evolutionary radiation&#8230; …

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