repatriate
noun/ɹiːˈpæ.tɹi.eɪt/UK/ɹiːˈpeɪ.tɹi.eɪt/US
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin repatriare, from re- + patria (“homeland”). Cognate to repair (“to return”).
- borrowed from repatriare
Definitions
A person who has returned to their country of origin or whose original citizenship has…
A person who has returned to their country of origin or whose original citizenship has been restored.
To restore (a person) to their own country.
- Early in 1948, a rumor spread through camp that the Japanese prisoners of war were finally going to be allowed to go home, that a ship would be sent to repatriate us in the spring.
- A woman staying with us came down with cholera. This person had evacuated with her family from Haerbin, which was under Communist control, thinking that it would be easier to repatriate from Changchun than northern Haerbin.
To return or restore (artworks, museum exhibits, etc.) to their country of origin.
- Greece repatriated an Athenian frieze from France, arranging for it to be sent back to Athens.
- France repatriated an Athenian frieze back to Greece.
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To convert a foreign currency into the currency of one's own country.
The neighborhood
- neighborexpatriate
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for repatriate. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA