English Explanatory Dictionary

depatriate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To withdraw, or cause to withdraw, from one's country; to banish or expatriate.

Pronunciation

/diːˈpætɹɪ(j)eɪt/

Word forms

depatriate depatriates depatriating depatriated

Etymology

From de- + Latin patria (“fatherland”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix) or an altered borrowing from Medieval Latin dispatriō.

Related words

expatriate repatriate
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