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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Immigrate \Im"mi*grate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Immigrated}; p.
pr & vb n. {Immigrating}.] [L. immigrare, immigratum to
immigrate; pref. im- in + migrare to migrate. See {Migrate}.]
To come into a country of which one is not a native, for the
purpose of permanent residence. See {Emigrate}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
immigrate
v 1: migrate to a new environment, of plants and animals
2: introduce or send as immigrants; "Britain immigrated many
colonists to America"
3: come into a new country and change residency; "Many people
immigrated at the beginning of the 20th century" [ant: {emigrate}]
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