immigratev.
/ˈɪmᵻɡreɪt/, U.S. /ˈɪməˌɡreɪt/ 1. intransitive. To come to settle in a country (which is not one's own); to pass into a new habitat or place of residence (literal and figurative).
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > furnishing with inhabitants > migration > immigration > immigrate [verb (intransitive)]
immigrate1623
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Immigrate, to goe dwell in some place.
1668 P. M. Myst. & Miracles Love v. 67 in W. Charleton Ephesian & Cimmerian Matrons In exchanging words, they exchange spirits: and immigrate into the wishes they utter.
1792 J. Belknap Hist. New-Hampsh. III. Pref. 6 There is another deviation from the strict letter of the English dictionaries which is found extremely convenient in our discourses on population... The verb immigrate and the nouns immigrant and immigration are used without scruple in some parts of this volume.
1845 J. R. McCulloch Treat. Taxation i. iii. 101 If foreign labourers..be permitted freely to immigrate into the country.
2. transitive. To bring in or introduce as settlers. (Cf. emigrate v. 2.)
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > furnishing with inhabitants > migration > immigration > introduce as immigrant [verb (transitive)]
immigrate1896
1896 Daily News 13 Feb. 5/7 By carving out a new autonomous district, to which the Armenians would be immigrated.
1898 Westm. Gaz. 14 May 2/3 The expense of immigrating coolie labour from the East Indies.
Derivatives
ˈimmigrated adj.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > furnishing with inhabitants > migration > immigration > [adjective] > immigrated
immigrated1882
1882 Rep. Precious Metals (U.S. Bureau of Mint) 541 In Venezuelan Guyana, where immigrated Corsicans are the principal miners.
ˈimmigrating adj.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > furnishing with inhabitants > migration > immigration > [adjective] > immigrating
immigrant1805
immigrating1870
1870 F. W. Farrar Families of Speech iii. 135 Professor Munk..believes that the Phœnicians were an immigrating..race.
1885 E. A. Schäfer in Proc. Royal Soc. 38 89 The carrying of fatty particles into the lacteals..by the immigrating leucocytes.
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b. Physiology. Of a cell or small formation of tissue: to move from its usual position into an area of the body where it is required.
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the world > life > biology > substance > cell > types of cells > [verb (intransitive)] > move
immigrate1885
1885 [see immigrating adj. at Derivatives].
1887 Amer. Naturalist 21 422 The endoderm cells..will no longer immigrate one at a time, but will invaginate in a body, and thus in a more direct way establish a gastric cavity.
1977 Zool. Anzeiger 198 355 An intercellular substance in the infection area contains fibrous structures, in which histiocytes immigrate.
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c. Natural History. Of a species of animal or (occasionally) plant: to migrate into a given area, esp. when this leads to continuous occupation of the area by the species.
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the world > plants > by habitat or distribution > inhabit or colonize [verb (intransitive)] > colonize new territory
migrate1859
immigrate1889
colonize1924
pioneer1960
the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [verb (intransitive)] > migrate
migrate1709
immigrate1889
1889 Cent. Dict. at Immigrant One who or that which immigrates, as a person, an animal, or a plant.
1977 Appl. Entomol. & Zool. 12 122 Assuming 10 days for the mean longevity of adults which have immigrated to the production rice field over a period of 30 days, [etc.].
1985 Animal Behaviour 33 853 There were no indications that a male, who had been successful as a bluff immigrant once, would immigrate in the bluff way later in his life as well.
1986 Geologica Romana XXV. 304/2 Many trees and shrubs immigrate, indicating a temporary increase in precipitation and perhaps in temperature.
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