What does "emigrate" mean?

Emigrate: To remove from one country or State to another, for the purpose of residence; to migrate from home. Forced to emigrate in a body to America. Macaulay. They [the Huns] were emigrating from Tartary into Europe in the time of the Goths. J. H. Newman.

Additional senses

  1. 2.Migratory; roving. [Obs.]

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