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Definition
leave a country of residence to move to another country
- My uncle Elias emigrated to America when he was a young man and became a planter in Florida, where he was reported to have done very well.Adventure V — The Five Orange Pips (17% in)
- Ordering my cab to wait, I passed down the steps, worn hollow in the centre by the ceaseless tread of drunken feet; and by the light of a flickering oil-lamp above the door I found the latch and made my way into a long, low room, thick and heavy with the brown opium smoke, and terraced with wooden berths, like the forecastle of an emigrant ship.Adventure VI — The Man with the Twisted Lip (9% in)
There are no more uses of "emigrate" in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
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