Dictionary![]() ![]() pa•tri•atePronunciation: (pā'trē-āt"; esp. Brit. pa'-), [key] —v.t., -at•ed, -at•ing. Canadian. to transfer (legislation) to the authority of an autonomous country from its previous mother country. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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