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immigrate
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The Boy on the Wooden Box
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- I never felt like the camp was home, but I began to get used to the life there as we waited to see which country might allow us to immigrate.†
p. 178.8
- At last, in May 1949, after nearly three years in the displaced persons camp, we received word that our immigration request had been approved.†
p. 181.8 *immigration = the act of coming to live in a new country; or indication that something is related to that act
- Uncle Morris's son, Dave Golner, who lived in Connecticut, found us as we were being processed by immigration after our ship docked at Boston Harbor.†
p. 182.6
- During the immigration procedures, our last name changed to Leyson.†
p. 182.7
- She and my father joined the Narewka Benevolent Club, which had been founded by Jews who had immigrated to the United States in the early 1900s.†
p. 188.6immigrated = came to live in a new country
- Pesza changed her name to Aviva after she immigrated to Israel.†
p. 194.7
Definitions:
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(immigrate) come to live in a new country
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(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.