Associations to the word «Immigrate»

Wiktionary

IMMIGRATE, verb. (intransitive) To move into a country from another one to stay permanently.

Dictionary definition

IMMIGRATE, verb. Migrate to a new environment; "only few plants can immigrate to the island".
IMMIGRATE, verb. Introduce or send as immigrants; "Britain immigrated many colonists to America".
IMMIGRATE, verb. Come into a new country and change residency; "Many people immigrated at the beginning of the 20th century".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats