English Dictionary: emigrate | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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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.] |