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Definition of: expatriate
(eks·pā′trē·āt) v.t. ·at·ed, ·at·ing
1. To drive (a person) from his native land; exile; banish.
2. To withdraw (oneself) from one's native land.
—noun (-it, -āt) One exiled.
—adjective Banished; exiled. [<Med. L expatriatus, pp. of expatriare <ex- out + patria native land]
—ex·pa′tri·a′tion noun
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