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v. i. [ L. commigrare, commigratum. ] To migrate together. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. commigratio. ] Migration together. [ R. ] Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. demigrare, demigratum, to emigrate. See De-, and Migrate. ] To emigrate. [ Obs. ] Cockeram. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. [ L. demigratio. ] Emigration. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. emigrans, -antis, p. pr. of emigrare to emigrate: cf. F. émigrant. See Emigrate, v. i. ] 1. Removing from one country to another; emigrating; as, an emigrant company or nation. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Pertaining to an emigrant; used for emigrants; as, an emigrant ship or hospital. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who emigrates, or quits one country or region to settle in another.

Syn. -- Emigrant, Immigrant. Emigrant and emigration have reference to the country from which the migration is made; the correlative words immigrant and immigration have reference to the country into which the migration is made, the former marking the going out from a country, the latter the coming into it. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Emigrated p. pr. & vb. n. Emigrating. ] [ L. emigratus, p. p. of emigrare to remove, emigrate; e out + migrare to migrate. See Migrate. ] To remove from one country or State to another, for the purpose of residence; to migrate from home. [ 1913 Webster ]

Forced to emigrate in a body to America. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

They [ the Huns ] were emigrating from Tartary into Europe in the time of the Goths. J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Migratory; roving. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. emigratio: cf. F. émigration. ] 1. The act of emigrating; removal from one country or state to another, for the purpose of residence, as from Europe to America, or, in America, from the Atlantic States to the Western. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A body emigrants; emigrants collectively; as, the German emigration. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to emigration. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An advocate or promoter of emigration. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who emigrates; am emigrant. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. immigrans, p. pr. of immigrare to go into: cf. F. immigrant. See Immigrate. ] One who immigrates; one who comes to a country for the purpose of permanent residence; -- correlative of emigrant.

Syn. -- See Emigrant. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Immigrated p. pr. & vb. n. Immigrating ] [ L. immigrare, immigratum, to immigrate; pref. im- in + migrare to migrate. See Migrate. ] To come into a country of which one is not a native, for the purpose of permanent residence. See Emigrate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. immigration. ] The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence. [ 1913 Webster ]

The immigrations of the Arabians into Europe. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. migration into a place.
Syn. -- immigration. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Reciprocal migration; interchange of dwelling place by migration. [ R. ] Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. migraine, LL. hemigrania, L. hemicrania, hemicranium, Gr. "hmikrani`a; "hmi- half + krani`on skull. See Hemi- and Cranium, and cf. Hemicrania, Migraine. ] 1. A kind of intense sick or nervous headache, usually periodical and confined to one side of the head; called also migraine headache. Same as megrim. -- Mi*grain"ous, a. [1913 Webster]

a. [ L. migrans, p. pr. of migrare. See Migrate. ] Migratory. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A migratory bird, person, or other animal.

2. A person who changes residence frequently in search of employment, especially farm labor, such as harvesting crops seasonally; also called migrant laborer or migrant worker. Sometimes the migrant worker is not a resident of the country in which the work is performed. [ PJC ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Migrated p. pr. & vb. n. Migrating ] [ L. migratus, p. p. of migrare to migrate, transfer. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To remove from one country or region to another, with a view to residence; to change one's place of residence; to remove; as, the Moors who migrated from Africa into Spain; to migrate to the West. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To pass periodically from one region or climate to another for feeding or breeding; -- said of certain birds, fishes, and quadrupeds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. migratio: cf. F. migration. ] The act of migrating. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. migratoire. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Removing regularly or occasionally from one region or climate to another; as, migratory birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, roving; wandering; nomad; as, migratory habits; a migratory life. [ 1913 Webster ]

Migratory locust (Zool.) See Locust. --
Migratory thrush (Zool.), the American robin. See Robin. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. Not participating in migrations; -- used of animals that do not migrate. Opposite of migratory.
Syn. -- resident. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. living in one area throughout the year; -- used of animals. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. migration out of country or territory; emigration.
Syn. -- emigration. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. palma palm of the hand + gradi to walk. ] (Zool.) Putting the whole foot upon the ground in walking, as some mammals. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. remigrare. See Re-, and Migrate. ] To migrate again; to go back; to return. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Migration back to the place from which one came. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. transmigrans, p. pr. See Transmigrate. ] Migrating or passing from one place or state to another; passing from one residence to another. -- n. One who transmigrates. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Transmigrated p. pr. & vb. n. Transmigrating. ] [ L. transmigrare, transmigratum; trans across + migrare to migrate. See Migrate. ] 1. To pass from one country or jurisdiction to another for the purpose of residence, as men or families; to migrate. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To pass from one body or condition into another. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their may transmigrate into each other. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. transmigration, L. transmigratio. ] 1. The act of passing from one country to another; migration. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The passing of the soul at death into another mortal body; metempsychosis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who transmigrates. J. Ellis. [ 1913 Webster ]