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patriate
[pey-tree-eyt, pa‑]
verb (used with object)
to transfer (legislation) to the authority of an autonomous country from its previous mother country.
patriate
/ ˈpætrɪˌeɪt, ˈpeɪtrɪˌeɪt /
verb
to bring under the authority of an autonomous country, for example as in the transfer of the Canadian constitution from UK to Canadian responsibility
Other 51Թ Forms
- patriation noun
- ˌ貹ٰˈپDz noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of patriate1
Example Sentences
Not until the 1960s did we fly our own flag and sing our own anthem, and not until 1982 did Trudeau’s father, Pierre, patriate the constitution from the UK, adding a charter of rights.
He plans to ask the legislators for unilateral action to "patriate" the British North America Act without provincial approval.
As it happens, Trudeau is already embroiled with Lougheed and most of the other provincial premiers on another thorny issue: how to "patriate," or bring home, Canada's constitution.
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