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Immigrate

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

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Introduce 76% connected

To lead or bring in; to conduct or usher in; as, to introduce a person into a drawing-room.

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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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Immigrant 74% connected

One who immigrates; one who comes to a country for the purpose of permanent residence; -- correlative of emigrant.

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Immigrant 74% connected

One who immigrates; one who comes to a country for the purpose of permanent residence; -- correlative of emigrant.

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Immigration 74% connected

The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence.

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Immigration 74% connected

The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence.

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Arrive 72% connected

To come to the shore or bank. In present usage: To come in progress by water, or by traveling on land; to reach by water or by land; -- followed by a…

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Come 72% connected

of Come

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Get 72% connected

Jet, the mineral.

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Emigrate 94% connected

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

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Emigrate 94% connected

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

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Arise verb · 78% connection

To come up from a lower to a higher position; to come above the horizon; to come up from one's bed or place of repose; to mount; to as…

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Chateau noun · 78% connection

A manor house or residence of the lord of the manor; a gentleman's country seat; also, particularly, a royal residence; as, the chatea…

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Citizen noun · 78% connection

One who is domiciled in a country, and who is a citizen, though neither native nor naturalized, in such a sense that he takes his lega…

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Colonialism noun · 78% connection

exploitation by a stronger country of weaker one; the use of the weaker country's resources to strengthen and enrich the stronger coun…

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Country adverb · 78% connection

A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a personal pronou…

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Countrywoman noun · 78% connection

A woman born, or dwelling, in the country, as opposed to the city; a woman born or dwelling in the same country with another native or…

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Demigrate verb · 78% connection

To emigrate.

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Domicile noun · 78% connection

(law) the residence where you have your permanent home or principal establishment and to where, whenever you are absent, you intend to…

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Domiciliate verb · 78% connection

To establish in a permanent residence; to domicile.

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Domiciliation noun · 78% connection

The act of domiciliating; permanent residence; inhabitancy.

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Draw verb · 78% connection

To move; to come or go; literally, to draw one's self; -- with prepositions and adverbs; as, to draw away, to move off, esp. in racing…

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Emigrated imp. & p. p. · 78% connection

of Emigrate

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Emigrating p. pr. & vb. n. · 78% connection

of Emigrate

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Emigration noun · 78% connection

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

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Establishment noun · 78% connection

That which is established; as: (a) A form of government, civil or ecclesiastical; especially, a system of religion maintained by the c…

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Exile noun · 78% connection

Forced separation from one's native country; expulsion from one's home by the civil authority; banishment; sometimes, voluntary separa…

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Expatriate verb · 78% connection

Reflexively, as To expatriate one's self: To withdraw from one's native country; to renounce the rights and liabilities of citizenship…

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Foreign adjective · 78% connection

Not native or belonging to a certain country; born in or belonging to another country, nation, sovereignty, or locality; as, a foreign…

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