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immigrate

Definition of immigrate

Etymology

    From Latin immigratus, past participle of immigro (“remove, move into”).

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To move into another country to stay there permanently.

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