The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
COLONIZED
colonized, colonised, settled
(adjective) inhabited by colonists
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
colonized
simple past tense and past participle of colonize
Source: Wiktionary
COLONIZE
Col"o*nize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Colonized; p. pr. & vb. n. Colonizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. coloniser.]
Definition: To plant or establish a colony or colonies in; to people with colonists; to migrate to and settle in. Bacon. They that would thus colonize the stars with inhabitants. Howell.
Col"o*nize, v. i.
Definition: To remove to, and settle in, a distant country; to make a colony. C. Buchanan.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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