English Explanatory Dictionary

demigrate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To emigrate.
verb
  1. To cancel or return from migration (of e.g. a computer system).

Pronunciation

/ˈdɛmɪɡɹeɪt/ /ˌdiːmaɪˈɡɹeɪt/

Word forms

demigrate demigrates demigrating demigrated

Etymology

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin dēmīgrātus, perfect passive participle of dēmīgrō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, de- + migrate.

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