v. im·mi·grat·ed, im·mi·grat·ing, im·mi·grates v.intr. To enter and settle in a country or region to which one is not native. See Usage Note at migrate. v.tr. To send or introduce as immigrants: Britain immigrated many colonists to the New World. [Latin immigrāre, immigrāt-, to go into : in-, in; see IN-2 + migrāre, to depart.] |
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