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ex·pa·tri·ate  audio  (k-sptr-t) KEY 

VERB:
ex·pa·tri·at·ed, ex·pa·tri·at·ing, ex·pa·tri·ates
VERB:
tr.
  1. To send into exile. See Synonyms at banish.
  2. To remove (oneself) from residence in one's native land.
VERB:
intr.
  1. To give up residence in one's homeland.
  2. To renounce allegiance to one's homeland.
NOUN:
(-t, -t)
  1. One who has taken up residence in a foreign country.
  2. One who has renounced one's native land.
ADJECTIVE:
(-t, -t)
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).
ETYMOLOGY:
Medieval Latin expatrire, expatrit- : Latin ex-, ex- + Latin patria, native land (from patrius, paternal, from pater, father; see pter- in Indo-European roots)

OTHER FORMS:
ex·patri·ation(Noun)


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