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Webster 1913 Edition
Expatriate
Ex-pa′tri-ate
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Expatriated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Expatriating
.] [LL.
expatriatus
, p. p. of expatriare
; L. ex
out + patria
fatherland, native land, fr. pater
father. See Patriot
.] 1.
To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of.
The
expatriated
landed interest of France. Burke.
2.
Reflexively, as To expatriate one’s self: To withdraw from one's native country; to renounce the rights and liabilities of citizenship where one is born, and become a citizen of another country.
Webster 1828 Edition
Expatriate
EXPAT'RIATE
,Verb.
T.
In a general sense, to banish.
To expatriate one's self, is to quit one's country, renouncing citizenship and allegiance in that country, to take residence and become a citizen in another country. The right to expatriate one's self is denied in feudal countries, and much controverted in the U. States.