Main Entry: ¹ex·pa·tri·ate

Pronunciation: \ek-ˈspā-trē-ˌāt\

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): ex·pa·tri·at·ed; ex·pa·tri·at·ing

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: 1768

transitive verb 1 : banish, exile
2 : to withdraw (oneself) from residence in or allegiance to one's native countryintransitive verb : to leave one's native country to live elsewhere; also : to renounce allegiance to one's native country

— ex·pa·tri·ate \-ˌāt, -ət\ noun

— ex·pa·tri·a·tion \(ˌ)ek-ˌspā-trē-ˈā-shən\ noun