† deˈpatriate, v. Obs.
[f. de- I. 2 + L. patria fatherland: cf. med.L. dispatriāre in same sense.]
intr. To leave or renounce one's native country; to expatriate oneself.
| a 1688 Villiers (Dk. Buckhm.) Chances Wks. (1714) 154 If they should hear so odious a thing of us, as that we should depatriate. a 1797 Mason Dean & Squire (R.), A subject born in any state May, if he please, depatriate. |