emigrate

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛmɪɡɹeɪt/

Verb

emigrate (third-person singular simple present emigrates, present participle emigrating, simple past and past participle emigrated)

1. (intransitive) To leave the country in which one lives, especially one's native country, in order to reside elsewhere.
   • Macaulay

     Forced to emigrate in a body to America.

   • J. H. Newman

     They [the Huns] were emigrating from Tartary into Europe in the time of the Goths.

Further reading

• emigrate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• emigrate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• emigrate at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Meritage, graemite

Adjective

emigrate f pl

1. feminine plural of emigrato

Noun

emigrate f

1. plural of emigrata

Verb

emigrate

1. second-person plural present indicative of emigrare
2. second-person plural imperative of emigrare
3. feminine plural of emigrato

Anagrams

• mergiate, regimate, remigate

Verb

ēmigrāte

1. first-person plural present active imperative of ēmigrō