patriation
triˌeɪt; verb (used with object), pa·tri·at·ed, pa·tri·at·ing. Canadian.
to transfer (legislation) to the authority of an autonomous country from its previous mother country.
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patriate (ˈpætrɪˌeɪt, ˈpeɪtrɪˌeɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| to bring under the authority of an autonomous country, for example as in the transfer of the Canadian constitution from UK to Canadian responsibility | |
| patri'ation | |
| —n | |
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Patriation
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| patriate (ˈpætrɪˌeɪt, ˈpeɪtrɪˌeɪt) | |
| —vb | |
| to bring under the authority of an autonomous country, for example as in the transfer of the Canadian constitution from UK to Canadian responsibility | |
| patri'ation | |
| —n | |
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