Emigrate

Origin

From Latin emigratus, past participle of emigrare ("to move away, remove, depart from a place"), from e ("out") + migrare ("to move, remove, depart").

Full definition of emigrate

Verb

1. (intransitive) To leave the country in which one lives, especially one's native country, in order to reside elsewhere.
• MacaulayForced to emigrate in a body to America.
• J. H. NewmanThey Huns were emigrating from Tartary into Europe in the time of the Goths.

Antonyms

• immigrate

Related terms

• emigrant
• emigration
• émigré
• immigrant
• immigrate
• immigration
• migrate
• migration
• migratory