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Definition of Emigrate
1. Verb. Leave one's country of residence for a new one. "Many people had to emigrate during the Nazi period"
Generic synonyms: Migrate, Transmigrate
Entails: Go Away, Go Forth, Leave
Derivative terms: Emigrant, Emigration
Antonyms: Immigrate
Definition of Emigrate
1. v. i. To remove from one country or State to another, for the purpose of residence; to migrate from home.
2. a. Migratory; roving.
Definition of Emigrate
1. Verb. (intransitive) To leave the country in which one lives, especially one's native country, in order to reside elsewhere. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Emigrate
1. to leave one country or region to settle in another [v -GRATED, -GRATING, -GRATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Emigrate
Literary usage of Emigrate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Prostitution: Its Extent, Causes, and Effects Throughout the by William W. Sanger (1876)
"Inducements to emigrate.—Labor and Remuneration in Europe.—Assistance to emigrate;
its Amount, and from whom.—Education.—Neglect of Facilities in New York. ..."
2. The History of Prostitution: Its Extent, Causes, and Effects Throughout the by William W. Sanger (1859)
"Inducements to emigrate.—Labor and Remuneration in Europe.—Assistance to emigrate;
its Amount, and from whom.—Education.—Neglect of Facilities in New York. ..."
3. Notes on North America, Agricultural, Economical, and Social by James Finlay Weir Johnston (1851)
"Will it pay to farm in these provinces by the aid of hired labour ?—Opinions of
the best practical men.— Who ought to emigrate ..."
4. The Canadian War of 1812 by Charles Prestwood Lucas (1906)
"The outcome was that, if the regiment as a whole did not emigrate, a large
proportion at any rate followed Alexander Macdonell to Canada and there settled ..."
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