Antonyms for emigrate

Grammar : Verb

Spell : em-i-greyt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛm ɪˌgreɪt

Definition of emigrate

Origin : 1778, a back-formation from emigration, or else from Latin emigratus, past participle of emigrare (see emigration). Related: Emigrated; emigrating.

verb move to new country

Example sentences :

The stations were invaded by families like mine, who thought it more prudent to emigrate.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

Half a million emigrate to our shores, from Ireland, and all Europe, every year.
Extract from : « Slavery Ordained of God » by Rev. Fred A. Ross, D.D.

He did not want Geoff to emigrate, but he sympathized in his love for the country.
Extract from : « Great Uncle Hoot-Toot » by Mrs. Molesworth

Finally it was decided that he should emigrate to New Zealand.
Extract from : « Samuel Butler: A Sketch » by Henry Festing Jones

In the villages it becomes a question of starve or emigrate.
Extract from : « Rosinante to the Road Again » by John Dos Passos

M. d'Artois—the royal tennis-player—had been amongst the very first to emigrate.
Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini

At all events, Raper was thrown on the world again, and resolved to emigrate.
Extract from : « Sir Jasper Carew » by Charles James Lever

When their reverses of fortune first befell them, Miss Barrington wished to emigrate.
Extract from : « Barrington » by Charles James Lever

Sometimes he wanted to enter the army, at others to emigrate to France, etc.
Extract from : « Criminal Man » by Gina Lombroso-Ferrero

And then she decided to emigrate to the United States, friendless and alone.
Extract from : « Gathering Jewels » by James Knowles and Matilda Darroch Knowles

Synonyms for emigrate

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