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Definition of Migrate

1. Verb. Move from one country or region to another and settle there. "This tribe transmigrated many times over the centuries"

2. Verb. Move periodically or seasonally. "The workers migrate to where the crops need harvesting"

Definition of Migrate

1. v. i. 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.

Definition of Migrate

1. Verb. (intransitive) To relocate periodically from one region to another, usually according to the seasons. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) To change one's geographic pattern of habitation. ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive) To change habitations across a border; to move from one country or political region to another. ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive) To move slowly towards, usually in groups. ¹

5. Verb. (transitive computing): To move computer code or files from one computer or network to another. ¹

6. Verb. (transitive marketing) To induce customers to shift purchases from one set of a company's related products to another. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Migrate

1. to move from one region to another [v -GRATED, -GRATING, -GRATES]

Medical Definition of Migrate

1. 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. 2. To pass periodically from one region or climate to another for feeding or breeding; said of certain birds, fishes, and quadrupeds. Origin: L. Migratus, p. P. Of migrare to migrate, transfer. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Migrate

migradollars migraine migraine headache migraine without headache migraines migraineur migraineurs migrainous migrainous neuralgia migrant

migrant shrike migrant worker migrant workers migrants migratable migrate (current term) migrated migrates migrating migrating abscess

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Literary usage of Migrate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Base SAS(R) 9.1.3 Procedures Guide, Second Edition, Volumes 1-4 by Sas Institute (2006)
"Why Use Validation Macros with PROC migrate? 608 Syntax: migrate Procedure 608 PROC migrate Statement 608 Concepts: migrate Procedure 610 What Are the ..."

2. East-West Migration: The Alternatives by Richard Layard (1992)
"Freedom of movement is a basic element of human dignity, and this must include the prospect of being able eventually to migrate. The mingling of new people, ..."

3. Toda Grammar and Texts by Murray Barnson Emeneau (1984)
"That is why to this day the people of the family of Koito'xw'itn migrate separately and live separately at Kw'i'sy mund, and the people of the family of ..."

4. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1887)
"IT Is not ordinarily believed that bats migrate, the prevalent notion being that they spend the winter in a dormant condition in caves, hollow trees and ..."

5. A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament: Including the Biblical by Wilhelm Gesenius, Edward Robinson (1844)
"Seq. bx tn go about or migrate into a land, Jer. 14, 18.— Kindred is 1r]B qv Chald. "ino very freq. in the Targums for Heb. 32D. Syr. spec, to travel about ..."

6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"It thus appears probable that the larger birds migrate at a lower altitude than the smaller ones, and at not over half the speed of the swiftest flights. ..."

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