migrate (v.)

  1. move from one country or region to another and settle there; Many Germans migrated to South America in the mid-19th century; This tribe transmigrated many times over the centuries

    [ Syn: transmigrate ]

  2. move periodically or seasonally; birds migrate in the Winter; The workers migrate to where the crops need harvesting'

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