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Webster 1913 Edition

Immigrate

Im′mi-grate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Immigrated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Immigrating
.]
[L.
immigrare
,
immigratum
, to immigrate; pref.
im-
in +
migrare
to migrate. See
Migrate
.]
To come into a country of which one is not a native, for the purpose of permanent residence. See
Emigrate
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Immigrate

IM'MIGRATE

,
Verb.
I.
[L. immigro; in and migro, to migrate.]
To remove into a country for the purpose of permanent residence. [See Emigrate.]

Definition 2024

immigrate

immigrate

English

Verb

immigrate ‎(third-person singular simple present immigrates, present participle immigrating, simple past and past participle immigrated)

  1. (intransitive) To move into a country from another one to stay permanently.

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Italian

Adjective

immigrate f pl

  1. feminine plural of immigrato

Noun

immigrate f

  1. plural of immigrata

Verb

immigrate

  1. second-person plural present of immigrare
  2. second-person plural imperative of immigrare
  3. feminine plural past participle of immigrare

Latin

Verb

immigrāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of immigrō

Etymology

From Latin immigratus, past participle of immigro ‎(“remove, move into”).

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