different between repatriate vs depatriate

English

Etymology

Latin repatriare, from re- + patria (“homeland”). Cognate to repair (“to return”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i??pe?.t?i.e?t/

Noun

repatriate (plural repatriates)

1. a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored.

Translations

Verb

repatriate (third-person singular simple present repatriates, present participle repatriating, simple past and past participle repatriated)

1. (transitive) To restore (a person) to his or her own country.
2. (transitive) To return (artworks, museum exhibits, etc.) to their country of origin.
3. (transitive) To convert a foreign currency into the currency of one's own country.

Derived terms

• repatriation
• patriate
• patriation

Related terms

• expatriate

Translations

Anagrams

• Tea Partier

English

Etymology

From Latin de- + patria (“one's country”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /di??pæt??(j)e?t/

Verb

depatriate (third-person singular simple present depatriates, present participle depatriating, simple past and past participle depatriated)

1. (obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To withdraw, or cause to withdraw, from one's country; to banish.
   • 1782, William Mason, The Dean and the Squire

     A subject born in any state / May, if he please, depatriate.