Emily Dickinson Lexicon

MI'GRATE, v.i. [L. migro.]

1. To pass or remove from one country or from one state to another, with a view to permanent residence, or residence of some continuance. The first settlers of New England migrated first to Holland, and afterward to America. Some species of fowls migrate in autumn to a warmer climate for a temporary residence. To change residence in the same city or state is not to migrate.
2. To pass or remove from one region or district to another for a temporary residence; as, the Tartars migrate for the sake of finding pasturage.