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2 definitions found 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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