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emigration|ɛmɪˈgreɪʃən|
[ad. L. ēmigrātiōn-em, n. of action f. ēmigrā-re to emigrate. (Of earlier occurrence than the vb.)]
1. gen. The action of migrating or departing out of a particular place or set of surroundings. In early examples often applied to the departure of the soul from the body, either lit. by death, or fig. with reference to ecstatic rapture.
1650Bp. Hall Balm Gil. (R.), A scorching triall (upon the emigration) in flames little inferiour..to those of hell. 1656More Antid. Ath. iii. ix. (1712) 171 The Emigration of humane Souls from the bodies by Ecstasy. 1678Jer. Taylor Fun. Serm. 250 Frequent Aspirations and Emigrations of his Soul after God. 1755Phil. Trans. XLIX. 175 There is an emigration of a great number from hence to sea. 1794G. Adams Nat. & Exp. Philos. IV. li. 414 Successive emigrations [of air-bubbles] towards the upper parts of the tube. 1796H. Hunter tr. St. Pierre's Stud. Nat. (1799) II. Introd. 57 A new confirmation of the vegetable harmonies of Nature founded on the emigration of plants.
†b. transf. Obs.
1649Jer. Taylor Gt. Exemp. Exhort. §12 Jesus had some..acts of emigration beyond the lines of his even and ordinary conversation.
2. esp. The departure of persons from one country, usually their native land, to settle permanently in another. Also attrib., as in emigration-agent.
1677Hale Prim. Orig. Man. 240 (R.) Plethory hath many times occasioned emigrations. 1768–71A. Young Farmer's Lett. to People 198 It highly behoves us to stop immediately all further emigrations. 1791T. Newte Tour Eng. & Scot. 125 Those melancholy emigrations..from the Islands..of Scotland. 1833Wade Middle & Working Classes (1835) 106 The practicability of emigration as a means of relief. 1867Buckle Civilis. (1873) III. i. 9 An overflow which in civilised times is an emigration, is in barbarous times an invasion.
3. The whole body of persons who emigrate.
1863Bright Sp. Amer. 16 June, Of all the emigration from this country..a mere trifle went south. |
