All 5 Uses of
immigrate
in
Babbitt
- Thank the Lord, we're putting a limit on immigration.†
Chpt 10 *immigration = the act of coming to live in a new country; or indication that something is related to that act
- Darn immigrant!†
Chpt 24immigrant = a person who came to live in a new country
- And what's the matter with the immigrants?†
Chpt 32immigrants = people who came to live in a new country
- Gosh, they aren't all ignorant, and I got a hunch we're all descended from immigrants ourselves.†
Chpt 32
- Within two weeks no one in the League was more violent regarding the wickedness of Seneca Doane, the crimes of labor unions, the perils of immigration, and the delights of golf, morality, and bank-accounts than was George F. Babbitt.†
Chpt 33immigration = the act of coming to live in a new country; or indication that something is related to that act
Definitions:
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(1)
(immigrate) come to live in a new country
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, immigrate can mean that anything (such as an animal or plant) migrates into a new environment.