Tuesday, February 10, 2009

expatriate.......



ex·pa·tri·ate

v. tr.
  1. To send into exile. See Synonyms at banish.
  2. To remove (oneself) from residence in one's native land.
v. intr.
  1. To give up residence in one's homeland.
  2. To renounce allegiance to one's homeland.
  1. One who has taken up residence in a foreign country.
  2. One who has renounced one's native land.

[Medieval Latin expatriāre, expatriāt- : Latin ex-, ex- + Latin patria, native land (from patrius, paternal, from pater, father; see pəter- in Indo-European roots).]

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