[ex.pa.tri.ate] vb -at.ed ; -at.ing [ML expatriatus, pp. of expatriare to leave one's own country, fr. L ex- + patria native country, fr. fem. of patrius of a father, fr. patr-, pater father--more at father] vt (1784) 1: to withdraw (oneself) from residence in or allegiance to one's native country
2: banish, exile ~ vi: to leave one's native country to live elsewhere; also: to renounce allegiance to one's native country -- ex.pa.tri.ate n -- ex.pa.tri.a.tion n
[2]ex.pa.tri.ate adj (1812): living in a foreign land