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Date: 1600-1700
Language: Latin
Origin: , past participle of immigrare 'to go in', from migrare; MIGRATE

immigrate

 verb
     
im‧mi‧grate [intransitive]
to come into a country in order to live there permanently [↪ emigrate]:
His father and mother immigrated when he was two.
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