demigrate

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English

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Etymology 1

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Latin dēmīgrō.

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demigrate (third-person singular simple present demigrates, present participle demigrating, simple past and past participle demigrated)

  1. (obsolete) To emigrate.
    • 1653, W. Heath Robinson, The Works of Mr. Francis Rabelais:
      I demigrate into one of these so well architected minsters

Etymology 2

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From de- +‎ migrate.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌdiːmaɪˈɡɹeɪt/

Verb

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demigrate (third-person singular simple present demigrates, present participle demigrating, simple past and past participle demigrated)

  1. To cancel or return from migration (of e.g. a computer system).
    • 2002, Charles V. Breakfield, Roxanne E. Burkey, Managing Systems Migrations and Upgrades, page 196:
      The reason is that it is more cost effective to debug and troubleshoot the new environment than to demigrate and lose all the data transactions completed under the new technology.

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Latin

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Verb

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dēmigrāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of dēmigrō