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ex⋅pa⋅tri⋅ate

  [v. eks-pey-tree-eyt or, especially Brit., -pa-tree-; adj., n. eks-pey-tree-it, -eyt or, especially Brit., -pa-tree-] verb, -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing, adjective, noun
Use expatriate in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to banish (a person) from his or her native country.
2. to withdraw (oneself) from residence in one's native country.
3. to withdraw (oneself) from allegiance to one's country.
–verb (used without object)
4. to become an expatriate: He expatriated from his homeland.
–adjective
5. expatriated; exiled.
–noun
6. an expatriated person: Many American writers were living as expatriates in Paris.
Origin:
1760–70; < ML expatriātus (ptp. of expatriāre to banish), equiv. to ex- ex- 1 + patri(a) native land + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
ex⋅pa⋅tri⋅a⋅tion, noun
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ex·pa·tri·ate   (ěk-spā'trē-āt')   
v.   ex·pa·tri·at·ed, ex·pa·tri·at·ing, ex·pa·tri·ates

v.   tr.
  1. To send into exile. See Synonyms at banish.
  2. To remove (oneself) from residence in one's native land.
v.   intr.
  1. To give up residence in one's homeland.
  2. To renounce allegiance to one's homeland.
n.   (-ĭt, -āt')
  1. One who has taken up residence in a foreign country.
  2. One who has renounced one's native land.
adj.   (-ĭt, -āt')
Residing in a foreign country; expatriated: "She delighted in the bohemian freedom enjoyed by the expatriate artists, writers, and performers living in Rome" (Janet H. Murray).

[Medieval Latin expatriāre, expatriāt- : Latin ex-, ex- + Latin patria, native land (from patrius, paternal, from pater, father; see pəter- in Indo-European roots).]
ex·pa'tri·a'tion n.
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Expatriate

Ex*pa"tri*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expatriated; p. pr. & vb. n. Expatriating.] [LL. expatriatus, p. p. of expatriare; L. ex out + patria fatherland, native land, fr. pater father. See Patriot.]

1. To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of.

The expatriated landed interest of France. --Burke.

2. Reflexively, as To expatriate one's self: To withdraw from one's native country; to renounce the rights and liabilities of citizenship where one is born, and become a citizen of another country.
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Language Translation for : expatriate
Spanish: expatriado,
German: der, *die Ausgebürgerte,
Japanese: 国外在住者
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expatriate  (v.)
1768, from Fr. expatrier "banish," from ex- "out of" + patrie "native land," from L. patria "one's native country," from pater (gen. patris) "father." Modern noun sense of "one who moves abroad" is 1818.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: ex·pa·tri·ate
Pronunciation: ek-'spA-trE-"At
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: -at·ed; -at·ing
transitive verb : to voluntarily withdraw (oneself) from allegiance to one's native country intransitive verb : to renounce allegiance to one's country and abandon one's nationality voluntarily —ex·pa·tri·ate /-trE-&t/ noun —ex·pa·tri·a·tion /ek-"spA-trE-'A-sh&n/ noun
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