'Emigrate' definitions:
Definition of 'emigrate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Leave one's country of residence for a new one; "Many people had to emigrate during the Nazi period" [ant: immigrate]
Definition of 'Emigrate'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Forced to emigrate in a body to America. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- They [the Huns] were emigrating from Tartary into Europe in the time of the Goths. --J. H. Newman. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Emigrate'
From: GCIDE
- Emigrate \Em"i*grate\, a. Migratory; roving. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'emigrate'
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