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verb (used without object), em·i·grat·ed, em·i·grat·ing.
- to leave one country or region to settle in another; migrate: to emigrate from Ireland to Australia.
verb
- (intr) to leave one place or country, esp one’s native country, in order to settle in anotherCompare immigrate
1778, a back-formation from emigration, or else from Latin emigratus, past participle of emigrare (see emigration). Related: Emigrated; emigrating.