Demigrate

//ˈdɛmɪɡɹeɪt// verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To emigrate. obsolete

    "I demigrate into one of these so well architected minsters"

  2. 2
    To cancel or return from migration (of e.g. a computer system).

    "The reason is that it is more cost effective to debug and troubleshoot the new environment than to demigrate and lose all the data transactions completed under the new technology."

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"I demigrate into one of these so well architected minsters"

Etymology

Etymology 1

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin dēmīgrātus, perfect passive participle of dēmīgrō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, de- + migrate.

Etymology 2

From de- + migrate.

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