in-migrate

[ in-mahy-greyt ]

/ ˈɪnˌmaɪ greɪt /

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verb (used without object), in-mi·grat·ed, in-mi·grat·ing.

to move or settle into a different part of one's country or home territory.

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Origin of in-migrate

First recorded in 1940–45

OTHER WORDS FROM in-migrate

in-mi·gra·tion, noun

Words nearby in-migrate

in mem., in memoriam, in memory of, inmesh, in-migrant, in-migrate, in mind, inmost, inn, innage, in name only