51³Ō¹Ļ

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repatriate

[ree-pey-tree-eyt, ree-pey-tree-it]

verb (used with object)

repatriated, repatriating 
  1. to bring or send back (a person, especially a prisoner of war, a refugee, etc.) to their country or land of citizenship.

  2. to send (profits or other assets) back to one's own country.

  3. to restore to a country that has attained sovereignty something that was formerly held or administered on that country’s behalf by a colonial power.

    In 1982, the Trudeau government repatriated Canada's constitution from Britain.



verb (used without object)

repatriated, repatriating 
  1. to return to one's own country.

    to repatriate after 20 years abroad.

noun

  1. a person who has been repatriated.

repatriate

verb

  1. to send back (a refugee, prisoner of war, etc) to the country of his birth or citizenship

  2. to send back (a sum of money previously invested abroad) to its country of origin

ā€œCollins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridgedā€ 2012 Digital Edition Ā© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 Ā© HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a person who has been repatriated

ā€œCollins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridgedā€ 2012 Digital Edition Ā© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 Ā© HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms

  • repatriable adjective
  • repatriation noun
  • nonrepatriable adjective
  • unrepatriated adjective
  • °ł±šĖŒ±č²¹³Ł°ł¾±Ėˆ²¹³Ł¾±“Ē²Ō noun
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of repatriate1

First recorded in 1605–15; from Late Latin °ł±š±č²¹³Ł°ł¾±Äå³Ł³Ü²õ (past participle of °ł±š±č²¹³Ł°ł¾±Äå°ł±š ā€œto return to one's fatherlandā€), equivalent to Latin re- ā€œagain, backā€ + patri(a) ā€œnative countryā€ (noun use of feminine of patrius ā€œpaternal,ā€ derivative of pater ā€œfatherā€) + -Äå³Ł³Ü²õ past participle suffix; re-, father, -ate 1
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of repatriate1

C17: from Late Latin °ł±š±č²¹³Ł°ł¾±Äå°ł±š from Latin re- + patria fatherland; compare repair ²
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Example Sentences

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It also said 78 bodies of Russian soldiers had been repatriated.

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This is not the first time that dead bodies have been repatriated in this conflict - thousands have already been exchanged in more than 70 separate repatriations.

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Frenchman Serge Atlaoui returned to France in February after Jakarta and Paris agreed a deal to repatriate him on "humanitarian grounds" because he was ill.

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"There are so many ties that bind Renty and Delia and the other enslaved people to that particular part of South Carolina that to repatriate them there would be like a homecoming ceremony."

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Many of the bones have now been repatriated.

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