Patriate Definition
pātrēāt
patriated, patriating
verb
To return or turn over full legislative powers, as of amendment, to (a constitution) that were formerly held by the government of another country: a term used in Canada to describe the action of taking over the power to amend the constitution from the British parliament in 1982
Webster's New World
(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.
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Origin of Patriate
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Canadian English. Back-formation from repatriate.
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