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emigrate

em·i·grate [ émmi gràyt ] (past and past participle em·i·grat·ed, present participle em·i·grat·ing, 3rd person present singular em·i·grates)


intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
leave to live in another country: to leave a place, especially a native country, to go and live elsewhere

[Late 18th century. < Latin emigrat-, past participle of emigrare "move away from a place" < migrare "move from place to place"]

em·i·gra·tion [ èmmi gráysh'n ] noun
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