Meaning of EMIGRATE
| Pronunciation: | | 'emu`greyt
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| | Definition: | | [v] leave one's country of residence for a new one; "Many people had to emigrate during the Nazi period" |
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| | Antonyms: | | immigrate | | |
| | See Also: | | expatriate, go away, go forth, leave, migrate, transmigrate | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Em"i*grate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Emigrated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Emigrating}.] [L. emigratus, p. p. of emigrare to
remove, emigrate; e out + migrare to migrate. See {Migrate}.]
To remove from one country or State to another, for the
purpose of residence; to migrate from home.
Forced to emigrate in a body to America. --Macaulay.
They [the Huns] were emigrating from Tartary into
Europe in the time of the Goths. --J. H.
Newman.
\Em"i*grate\, a.
Migratory; roving. [Obs.]
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| | Related Terms: | | depart, deport, exile, expatriate, flit, forsake, go from home, immigrate, in-migrate, intermigrate, leave, leave home, leave the country, migrate, move, out-migrate, quit, relocate, remigrate, resettle, run, swarm, take wing, transmigrate, trek |
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