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Emigrate

To remove from one country or State to another, for the purpose of residence; to migrate from home.

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Expatriate 76% connected

To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of.

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Migrate 76% connected

To remove from one country or region to another, with a view to residence; to change one's place of residence; to remove; as, the Moors who migrated…

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Transmigrate 76% connected

To pass from one country or jurisdiction to another for the purpose of residence, as men or families; to migrate.

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Emigrant 74% connected

Removing from one country to another; emigrating; as, an emigrant company or nation.

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Emigrant 74% connected

Removing from one country to another; emigrating; as, an emigrant company or nation.

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Emigration 74% connected

The act of emigrating; removal from one country or state to another, for the purpose of residence, as from Europe to America, or, in America, from th…

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Emigration 74% connected

The act of emigrating; removal from one country or state to another, for the purpose of residence, as from Europe to America, or, in America, from th…

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Leave 72% connected

To send out leaves; to leaf; -- often with out.

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Immigrate 94% connected

To come into a country of which one is not a native, for the purpose of permanent residence. See Emigrate.

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Immigrate 94% connected

To come into a country of which one is not a native, for the purpose of permanent residence. See Emigrate.

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