Definitions for: Emigrate

[v] leave one's country of residence for a new one; "Many people had to emigrate during the Nazi period"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.]

Antonyms: immigrate

See Also: expatriate, go away, go forth, leave, migrate, transmigrate

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