immigrate

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   come into a new country and change residency

   Many people immigrated at the beginning of the 20th century

2. 2
   verb

   introduce or send as immigrants

   Britain immigrated many colonists to America

3. 3
   verb

   migrate to a new environment

   only few plants can immigrate to the island

4. 4
   verb

   To move into a foreign country to stay permanently.

   He knows hardship. He has experienced life in a cold-water flat in Moldova before he immigrated to the States.

Etymology

From Latin immigratus, past participle of immigro (“remove, move into”).