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repatriate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun repatriate has 1 sense
- repatriate(n = noun.person) Array - a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored; Array is a kind of citizen
Derived forms verb repatriate2, verb repatriate1
Verb repatriate has 2 senses
- repatriate(v = verb.social) Array - send someone back to his homeland against his will, as of refugees; Array is one way to deliver, deport, extradite
- repatriate(v = verb.social) Array - admit back into the country; Array is one way to admit, allow in, intromit, let in
Derived forms noun repatriate1, noun repatriation1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
Antonym: expatriate
Derived forms noun repatriate1, noun repatriation1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
CIDE DICTIONARY
repatriate, v. t. [L. repatriare. See 1st Repair.].
To restore to one's own country. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
repatriate, v. & n.
--v.
1 tr. restore (a person) to his or her native land.
2 intr. return to one's own native land.
--n. a person who has been repatriated.
--v.
1 tr. restore (a person) to his or her native land.
2 intr. return to one's own native land.
--n. a person who has been repatriated.
Derivative
repatriation n.
Etymology
LL repatriare (as RE-, L patria native land)
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