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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Emigrate \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Emigrate \Em"i*grate\, a. Migratory; roving. [Obs.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: emigrate v : leave one's country of residence for a new one "Many people had to emigrate during the Nazi period" [ant: {immigrate}]
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