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Emigrate

//ˈɛmɪɡɹeɪt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To leave the country in which one lives, especially one's native country, in order to reside elsewhere. intransitive

    "Forced to emigrate in a body to America."

  2. 2
    leave one's country of residence for a new one wordnet

Etymology

From Latin emigratus, perfect passive participle of emigro (“to move away, remove, depart from a place”), from ex- (“out of, from”) + migro (“to move, remove, depart”).

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