Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

demigrate

/ˈdɛmɪɡɹeɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dem-i-grate
IPA: /ˈdɛmɪɡɹeɪt/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Obsolete

verb

To cancel or return from migration (of e.g. a computer system).

Example Sentences

"I demigrate into one of these so well architected minsters"
"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."

Etymology

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin dēmīgrātus, perfect passive participle of dēmīgrō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, de- + migrate.

Origin

First known use: First attested in 1623

Word Breakdown

Prefix: de

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

demigrates (present, singular) demigrating (participle, present) demigrated (participle, past) demigrated (past)

Questions

How do you pronounce demigrate?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdɛmɪɡɹeɪt/.
What does demigrate mean?: To emigrate.
Where does demigrate come from?: First known use: First attested in 1623.

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