IMMIGRATE

immigrate

(verb) come into a new country and change residency; “Many people immigrated at the beginning of the 20th century”

immigrate

(verb) introduce or send as immigrants; “Britain immigrated many colonists to America”

immigrate

(verb) migrate to a new environment; “only few plants can immigrate to the island”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

immigrate (third-person singular simple present immigrates, present participle immigrating, simple past and past participle immigrated)

(intransitive) To move into a foreign country to stay permanently.

Antonyms

• emigrate

Source: Wiktionary


Im"mi*grate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Immigrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Immigrating.] Etym: [L. immigrare, immigratum, to immigrate; pref. im- in + migrare to migrate. See Migrate.]

Definition: To come into a country of which one is not a native, for the purpose of permanent residence. See Emigrate.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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