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emigrate

verb
/ˈɛmɪɡɹeɪt/US/ˈɪmɪɡɹeɪt/

Etymology

From Latin emigratus, perfect passive participle of emigro (“to move away, remove, depart from a place”), from ex- (“out of, from”) + migro (“to move, remove, depart”).

  1. derived from emigratus

Definitions

  1. To leave the country in which one lives, especially one's native country, in order to…

    To leave the country in which one lives, especially one's native country, in order to reside elsewhere.

    • Forced to emigrate in a body to America.
    • They [the Huns] were emigrating from Tartary into Europe in the time of the Goths.
    • Her family was planning to emigrate to the U.S. from Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo) and couldn't afford school fees.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA