[im-i-greyt] 
verb, -grat⋅ed, -grat⋅ing.| 1. | to come to a country of which one is not a native, usually for permanent residence. |
| 2. | to pass or come into a new habitat or place, as an organism. |
| 3. | to introduce as settlers: to immigrate cheap labor. |
| im·mi·grate (ĭm'ĭ-grāt') v. im·mi·grat·ed, im·mi·grat·ing, im·mi·grates v. intr. To enter and settle in a country or region to which one is not native. See Usage Note at migrate. v. tr. To send or introduce as immigrants: Britain immigrated many colonists to the New World. [Latin immigrāre, immigrāt-, to go into : in-, in; see in-2 + migrāre, to depart.] im'mi·gra'tion n., im'mi·gra'tion·al adj. |
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