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Verb: migrate  mIgreyt
  1. Move from one country or region to another and settle there
    "Many Germans migrated to South America in the mid-19th century"
    - transmigrate
     
  2. Move periodically or seasonally
    "birds migrate in the Winter"; "The workers migrate to where the crops need harvesting"

Derived forms: migrated, migrates, migrating

See also: migrant, migration, migrator, migratory

Type of: move

Encyclopedia: Migrate