depatriate

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UK/diːˈpætɹɪ(j)eɪt/

verb

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

OriginMedieval Latin dispatriō →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person depatriates · participle present depatriating · participle past depatriated · past depatriated

  1. ambitransitiveobsoleteTo 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

Origin

  1. Medieval Latindispatriō
  2. Englishdepatriate

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

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APA

depatriate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depatriate

MLA

“depatriate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depatriate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “depatriate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depatriate.

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