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immigrating

Variant of immigrate

intransitive verb immigrated, immigrating

to come into a new country, region, or environment, esp. in order to settle there

Origin: < L immigratus, pp. of immigrare, to go or remove into: see in- & migrate

transitive verb

to bring in as an immigrant

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