Part 697

Syn. -- Emigrant, Immigrant. Emigrant and emigration have reference to the country from which the migration is made; the correlative words immigrant and immigration have reference to the country into which the migration is made, the former marking the going out from a country, the latter the coming into it.

Em"i*grate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Emigrated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emigrating.] [L. emigratus, p. p. of emigrare to remove, emigrate; e out + migrare to migrate. See Migrate.] To remove from one country or State to another, for the purpose of residence; to migrate from home.

Forced to emigrate in a body to America.

Macaulay.

They [the Huns] were emigrating from Tartary into Europe in the time of the Goths.

J. H. Newman.

Em"i*grate (?), a. Migratory; roving. [Obs.]

Em`i*gra"tion (?), n. [L. emigratio: cf. F. émigration.] 1. The act of emigrating; removal from one country or state to another, for the purpose of residence, as from Europe to America, or, in America, from the Atlantic States to the Western.

2. A body emigrants; emigrants collectively; as, the German emigration.

Em`i*gra"tion*al (?), a. Relating to emigration.

Em`i*gra"tion*ist, n. An advocate or promoter of emigration.

Em"i*gra`tor (?), n. One who emigrates; am emigrant. [R.]

||É`mi`gré" (?), n. [F., emigrant.] One of the natives of France who were opposed to the first Revolution, and who left their country in consequence.

Em"i*nence (?), n. [L. eminentia, fr. eminens eminent: cf. F. éminence.] 1. That which is eminent or lofty; a high ground or place; a height.

Without either eminences or cavities.

Dryden.

The temple of honor ought to be seated on an eminence.

Burke.

2. An elevated condition among men; a place or station above men in general, either in rank, office, or celebrity; social or moral loftiness; high rank; distinction; preferment. Milton.

You 've too a woman's heart, which ever yet Affected eminence, wealth, sovereignty.

Shak.

3. A title of honor, especially applied to a cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church.

Em"i*nen*cy (?), n.; pl. Eminences (&?;). State of being eminent; eminence. "Eminency of estate." Tillotson.

Em"i*nent (?), a. [L. eminens, -entis, p. pr. of eminere to stand out, be prominent; e out + minere (in comp.) to project; of uncertain origin: cf. F. éminent. Cf. Menace.] 1. High; lofty; towering; prominent. "A very eminent promontory." Evelyn

2. Being, metaphorically, above others, whether by birth, high station, merit, or virtue; high in public estimation; distinguished; conspicuous; as, an eminent station; an eminent historian, statements, statesman, or saint.

Right of eminent domain. (Law) See under Domain.

Syn. -- Lofty; elevated; exalted; conspicuous; prominent; remarkable; distinguished; illustrious; famous; celebrated; renowned; well-known. See Distinguished.

Em"i*nent*ly, adv. In an eminent manner; in a high degree; conspicuously; as, to be eminently learned.