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   emigrate

   /ˈɛmɪɡreɪt/

   verb

   • 1. leave one's own country in order to settle permanently in another: "Rose's parents emigrated to Australia"

   Word Origin late 18th century: from Latin emigrat- ‘emigrated’, from the verb emigrare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out of’ + migrare ‘migrate’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. emigratory adjective

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • E

     1

   • M

     3

   • I

     1

   • G

     2

   • R

     1

   • A

     1

   • T

     1

   • E

     1

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