Part 3715

<hw>Em"i*grant</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who emigrates, or quits one country or region to settle in another.</def>

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

<h1>Emigrate</h1> <Xpage=485>

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

<blockquote>Forced to <b>emigrate</b> in a body to America. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>They [the Huns] were <b>emigrating</b> from Tartary into Europe in the time of the Goths. <i>J. H. Newman.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Emigrate</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw>Em"i*grate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Migratory; roving.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Emigration</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw>Em`i*gra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>emigratio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>\'82migration</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A body emigrants; emigrants collectively; <as>as, the German <ex>emigration</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Emigrational</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw>Em`i*gra"tion*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Relating to emigration.</def>

<h1>Emigrationist</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw>Em`i*gra"tion*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An advocate or promoter of emigration.</def>

<h1>Emigrator</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw>Em"i*gra`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who emigrates; am emigrant.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1></migr\'82</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw><?/`mi`gr\'82"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., emigrant.]</ety> <def>One of the natives of France who were opposed to the first Revolution, and who left their country in consequence.</def>

<h1>Eminence</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw>Em"i*nence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>eminentia</ets>, fr. <ets>eminens</ets> eminent: cf. F. <ets>\'82minence</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>That which is eminent or lofty; a high ground or place; a height.</def>

<blockquote>Without either <b>eminences</b> or cavities. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The temple of honor ought to be seated on an <b>eminence</b>. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<blockquote>You 've too a woman's heart, which ever yet Affected <b>eminence</b>, wealth, sovereignty. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>