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Verb: emigrate  'e-mu`greyt
  1. Leave one's country of residence for a new one
    "Many people had to emigrate during the Nazi period"

Derived forms: emigrating, emigrates, emigrated

See also: emigrant, emigration

Type of: migrate, transmigrate

Antonym: immigrate

Encyclopedia: Emigrate