Word of the Day:
emigrate
What It Means
To leave the country in which one lives, especially one's native country, in order to reside elsewhere.
Emigrate in Context
“They [the Huns] were emigrating from Tartary into Europe in the time of the Goths.”
Did You Know?
From Latin emigratus, perfect passive participle of emigro (“to move away, remove, depart from a place”), from ex- (“out of, from”) + migro (“to move, remove, depart”).
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