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expatriate — ex·pa·tri·ate /ek spā trē ˌāt/ vb at·ed, at·ing vt: to voluntarily withdraw (oneself) from allegiance to one s native country vi: to renounce allegiance to one s country and abandon one s nationality voluntarily ex·pa·tri·ate / trē ət/ n… … Law dictionary
expatriate — [eks pā′trē āt΄; ] for adj. & n., usually [, eks pā′trēit] vt., vi. expatriated, expatriating [< pp. of ML expatriare, to leave the homeland < L ex, out of + patria, fatherland < pater, FATHER] 1. to drive (a person) from his or her… … English World dictionary
expatriate — expatriation, n. v. /eks pay tree ayt / or, esp. Brit., / pa tree /; adj., n. /eks pay tree it, ayt / or, esp. Brit., / pa tree /, v., expatriated, expatriating, adj., n. v.t. 1. to banish (a person) from his or her native country. 2. to withdraw … Universalium
expatriate — I. verb ( ated; ating) Etymology: Medieval Latin expatriatus, past participle of expatriare to leave one s own country, from Latin ex + patria native country, from feminine of patrius of a father, from patr , pater father more at father Date:… … New Collegiate Dictionary
expatriate — ex•pa•tri•ate v. [[t]ɛksˈpeɪ triˌeɪt[/t]] esp. brit. [[t] ˈpæ tri [/t]] adj., n. [[t] ɪt, ˌeɪt[/t]] v. at•ed, at•ing, adj. n. 1) to banish; exile 2) to withdraw (oneself) from residence in or allegiance to one s native country 3) cvb to become an … From formal English to slang
expatriate — adj., n., & v. adj. 1 living abroad, esp. for a long period. 2 expelled from one s country; exiled. n. an expatriate person. v.tr. 1 expel or remove (a person) from his or her native country. 2 refl. withdraw (oneself) from one s citizenship or… … Useful english dictionary
expatriate — verb (t) /ɛksˈpætrieɪt / (say eks patreeayt) (expatriated, expatriating) 1. to banish (someone) from their native country. 2. to withdraw (oneself) from residence in one s native country. 3. to withdraw (oneself) from allegiance to one s country …
ex|pa|tri|ate — «verb. ehks PAY tree ayt; noun, adjective. ehks PAY tree iht, ayt», verb, at|ed, at|ing, noun, adjective. –v.t. 1. to force to leave one s country; banish; exile. 2. a) to withdraw ( … Useful english dictionary
abscond — ab·scond /ab skänd, əb / vi: to depart secretly: withdraw and hide oneself; specif: to evade the legal process of a court by hiding within or secretly leaving its jurisdiction abscond ed with the funds abscond from New York abscond to Canada… … Law dictionary
depart — I verb abscond, absent oneself, be gone, decamp, desert, deviate, differ, digress, disappear, disassociate, discedere, disengage, disjoin, dissociate, diverge, divorce, emigrate, evacuate, exit, expatriate oneself, fade, flee, forsake, issue… … Law dictionary
