Emigrate
['emɪgreɪt] or ['ɛmɪɡret]
Definition
(verb.) leave one's country of residence for a new one; 'Many people had to emigrate during the Nazi period'.
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Definition
(v. i.) To remove from one country or State to another, for the purpose of residence; to migrate from home.
(a.) Migratory; roving.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Migrate, remove (from one country to settle in another).
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Definition
v.i. and v.t. to remove from one country to another as a place of abode.—adj. Em′igrant emigrating or having emigrated.—n. one who emigrates.—n. Emigrā′tion.—adj. Emigrā′tional.—n. Emigrā′tionist an advocate or promoter of emigration.—adj. Emigrā′tory.—n. Emigr (ā-mē-grā) a royalist who quitted France during the Revolution.
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Examples
- I advised them to emigrate east, or west, fifteen miles and assist in eating up what we left. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It appeared to him that emigration, had he only the means to emigrate, would be preferable to service under such a master. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I'll emigrate to the western woods. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- That, or emigrate . Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- If I could emigrate . Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- For those reasons I was ordered to emigrate to England and to wait. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- My uncle Elias emigrated to America when he was a young man and became a planter in Florida, where he was reported to have done very well. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- He emigrated to America, Sir, in consequence of being too much sought after here, to be comfortable; and has never been heard of since. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Soon after this he emigrated to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and settled near the town of Greensburg in that county. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The mother of Augustine was a Huguenot French lady, whose family had emigrated to Louisiana during the days of its early settlement. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The elder, Solomon, remained with his relatives in Connecticut until old enough to do for himself, when he emigrated to the British West Indies. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He was educated at the Polytechnic School in Berlin, and emigrated to America at the age of 25. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- He had emigrated in advance of his family to build up a home for them. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Franklin's father Josiah and his Uncle Benjamin were nonconformists, and conceived the pla n of emigrating to America in order to enjoy their way of religion with freedom. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- They were Germans from Saxony, and, emigrating thither but a few years before, had formed new ties with the surrounding villagers. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
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