IMMIGRATE

[im.mi.grate] vb -grat.ed ; -grat.ing [L immigratus, pp. of immigrare to remove, go in, fr. in- + migrare to migrate] vi (ca. 1623): to enter and usu. become established; esp: to come into a country of which one is not a native for permanent residence ~ vt: to bring in or send as immigrants -- im.mi.gra.tion n -- im.mi.gra.tion.al adj