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emi·grate (em′i grāt′)
intransitive verb emigrated -·grat′ed, emigrating -·grat′·ing
to leave one country or region to settle in another
Etymology: < L emigratus, pp. of emigrare, to move away < e-, out + migrare, to move, migrate
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