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: I I- I. Ia Ib Ic Id Ie If Ig Ih Ii Ij Ik Il Im In Io Ip Iq Ir Is It Iu Iv Iw Ix Iy Iz

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Immigrate

Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)

im=mi=grate

WORDNET DICTIONARY

immigrate(v = verb.change) Array - migrate to a new environment; "only few plants can immigrate to the island"

Derived form noun immigration₁

Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

immigrate(v = verb.change) Array - introduce or send as immigrants; "Britain immigrated many colonists to America"

Derived form noun immigration₂

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP

immigrate(v = verb.change) Array - come into a new country and change residency; "Many people immigrated at the beginning of the 20th century"

Antonym: emigrate

Derived forms noun immigrant₁, noun immigration₁, noun immigration₂

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Immigrate, v. t. [L. immigrare, immigratum, to immigrate; pref. im- in + migrare to migrate. See Migrate.].

To come into a country of which one is not a native, for the purpose of permanent residence. See Emigrate. [1913 Webster]

Immigrate, v.
1 intr. come as a permanent resident to a country other than one's native land.
2 tr. bring in (a person) as an immigrant.

Derivative

immigration n. immigratory adj.

Etymology

L immigrare (as IN-(2), MIGRATE)

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