demigrate

Latin dēmīgrō.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛmɪɡɹeɪt/

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

de- +‎ migrate

• IPA^(key): /ˌdiːmaɪˈɡɹeɪt/

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.

• emigrated

dēmigrāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of dēmigrō