Meaning

1 senses

  1. (Canada)To assume control of (a governmental power) from a former mother country.

    Canada moved to patriate its constitution from the United Kingdom in 1982.

Origin

Canadian English. Back-formation from repatriate.

Canadian English. Back-formation from repatriate.

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Forms

patriates, patriating, patriated, patriated
Base formpatriate · to patriate
3rd person singularpatriates
Present participlepatriating
Past simplepatriated
Past participlepatriated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypatriate
he, she, itpatriates

Past simpleLesson

all personspatriated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave patriated
he, she, ithas patriated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill patriate

Word family

1 related words
Relatedpatriation

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
patiopatriarchpatriarchalpatriarchypatrimonypatriotB2patrioticB2
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