Emigrate Definition

ĕmĭ-grāt
emigrated, emigrates, emigrating
verb
emigrated, emigrates, emigrating
To leave one country or region to settle in another.
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Origin of Emigrate

  • From Latin emigratus, past participle of emigrare (“to move away, remove, depart from a place”), from e (“out”) + migrare (“to move, remove, depart”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin ēmigrāre ēmigrāt- ē-, ex- ex- migrāre to move mei-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Emigrate Sentence Examples

  • Many now emigrate, when occasion offers, to America.

  • The Russians do not emigrate as isolated individuals; they migrate in whole villages.

  • It is said that he attempted to emigrate both in July and in October 1789; but after that time he held firmly to his place, when almost.

  • In 1799 he found it advisable for his comfort, if not for his safety, to emigrate with his family to the United States.

  • Famine and pestilence at home drove men to emigrate hopefully to the golden East.

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Words Starting With

EEMEMI

Words Ending With

ETEATE

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Words Starting With E and Ending With E

Starts With E & Ends With EStarts With EM & Ends With EStarts With E & Ends With TE

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With E8 Letter Words Ending With E