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emigrate

verb

  1. permanently leave home country
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɛmɪɡɹeɪt/ / /ˈɪmɪɡɹeɪt/

verb

Etymology: From Latin emigratus, perfect passive participle of emigro (“to move away, remove, depart from a place”), from ex- (“out of, from”) + migro (“to move, remove, depart”).

  1. To leave the country in which one lives, especially one's native country, in order to reside elsewhere.

    Forced to emigrate in a body to America.

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