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The Word of the Day for June 9 is:

emigrate   \EM-uh-grayt\   verb 
     : to leave one's place of residence or country to live elsewhere

Example sentence: 
     O.E. Rolvaag emigrated from Norway to the U.S. in 1896 and subsequently 
wrote _Giants in the Earth_ and other books about Norwegians who settled in the 
American prairies.

Did you know? 
     "Migrate," "emigrate," and "immigrate" are all about being on the move. 
All those terms come from the Latin word "migrare," which means "to move from 
one place to another." "Emigrate" and "immigrate" sound alike, and it is true 
that both involve leaving one location and entering another. The subtle 
difference between them lies in point of view: "emigrate" stresses leaving the 
original place, while "immigrate" focuses on entering the new one. You won't 
have trouble keeping them straight if you remember that the prefix "e-" means 
"away," as in "eject," and the prefix "im-" or "in-" means "into," as in 
"inject."