— repatriable /ree pay"tree euh beuhl/ or, esp. Brit., /-pa"-/ , adj. — repatriation , n.
v. /ree pay"tree ayt'/ or, esp. Brit., /-pa"-/ ; n. /ree pay"tree it/ or, esp. Brit., /-pa"-/ , v.t., repatriated, repatriating , n.
v.t.
1. to bring or send back (a person, esp. a prisoner of war, a refugee, etc.) to his or her country or land of citizenship.
2. (of profits or other assets) to send back to one's own country.
v.i.
3. to return to one's own country: to repatriate after 20 years abroad.
n.
4. a person who has been repatriated.
[ 1605-15; repatriatus (ptp. of repatriare to return to one's fatherland), equiv. to L re- RE- + patri ( a ) native country (n. use of fem. of patrius paternal, deriv. of pater FATHER) + -atus -ATE 1 ]