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remigrate

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mi⋅grate

  [mahy-greyt]
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–verb (used without object), -grat⋅ed, -grat⋅ing.
1. to go from one country, region, or place to another.
2. to pass periodically from one region or climate to another, as certain birds, fishes, and animals: The birds migrate southward in the winter.
3. to shift, as from one system, mode of operation, or enterprise to another.
4. Physiology. (of a cell, tissue, etc.) to move from one region of the body to another, as in embryonic development.
5. Chemistry.
a. (of ions) to move toward an electrode during electrolysis.
b. (of atoms within a molecule) to change position.
6. (at British universities) to change or transfer from one college to another.
Origin:
1690–1700; < L migrātus (ptp. of migrāre to move from place to place, change position or abode), equiv. to migrā- v. s. + -tus ptp. suffix

Related forms:
mi⋅gra⋅tor, noun

Synonyms:
1. move, resettle. Migrate, emigrate, immigrate are used of changing one's abode from one country or part of a country to another. To migrate is to make such a move either once or repeatedly: to migrate from Ireland to the United States. To emigrate is to leave a country, usually one's own (and take up residence in another): Each year many people emigrate from Europe. To immigrate is to enter and settle in a country not one's own: There are many inducements to immigrate to South America. Migrate is applied both to people or to animals that move from one region to another, esp. periodically; the other terms are generally applied to movements of people.

Antonyms:
1. remain.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: mi·grate
Pronunciation: 'mI-"grAt, mI-'
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Forms: mi·grat·ed;mi·grat·ing
: to move from one place to another: as a : to move from one site to another in a host organism especially as part of a life cyclemigrate within the human body> b of an atom or group : to shift position within a molecule —mi·gra·to·ry /'mI-gr&-"tOr-E, -"tor-/ adjective
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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