Migrating

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Migrate \Mi"grate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Migrated}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Migrating}.] [L. migratus, p. p. of migrare to migrate,
     transfer.]
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     1. To remove from one country or region to another, with a
        view to residence; to change one's place of residence; to


        remove; as, the Moors who migrated from Africa into Spain;
        to migrate to the West.
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     2. To pass periodically from one region or climate to another
        for feeding or breeding; -- said of certain birds, fishes,
        and quadrupeds.
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