Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for EM'I-GRATE
EM'I-GRATE, v.i. [L. emigro; e and migro, to migrate.]
To quit one country, state or region and settle in another; to remove from one country or state to another for the purpose of residence. Germans, Swiss, Irish, and Scotch, emigrate, in great numbers, to America. Inhabitants of New England emigrate to the Western States.
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