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depatriate

UK/diːˈpætɹɪ(j)eɪt/

depatriate verb: to withdraw, or cause to withdraw, from one's country; to banish or expatriate.

Verb

depatriate (third-person singular simple present depatriates, present participle depatriating, simple past and past participle depatriated)

  1. (ambitransitive, obsolete) To withdraw, or cause to withdraw, from one's country; to banish or expatriate.
    • A subject born in any state / May, if he please, depatriate.1782, William Mason, The Dean and the Squire

Forms of depatriate

third-person singular presentdepatriates
present participledepatriating
past participledepatriated
pastdepatriated

Origin of depatriate

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

Questions about depatriate

What does depatriate mean?
Depatriate means to withdraw, or cause to withdraw, from one's country; to banish or expatriate.
What part of speech is depatriate?
Depatriate is a verb.
How do you pronounce depatriate?
Depatriate is pronounced /diːˈpætɹɪ(j)eɪt/ (UK).
What is the past tense of depatriate?
The past tense of depatriate is depatriated.

Words near depatriate in the dictionary

  1. depatriarchalization
  2. depatriarchalize
  3. depatriarchalized
  4. depatriarchalizes
  5. depatriarchalizing
  6. depatriate
  7. depatriated
  8. depatriates
  9. depatriating
  10. depattern
  11. depatterned

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