migrate

verb7

1. •
   To relocate periodically from one region to another, usually according to the seasons.

   • Twice a year the geese migrate — from Florida to Canada and back again.
   • Twice a year the Minnesotans migrate from their state to the Gulf of Mexico.
2. •
   To change one's geographic pattern of habitation.

   • Many groups had migrated to western Europe from the plains of eastern Europe.
3. •
   To change habitations across a border; to move from one country or political region to another.

   • To escape persecution, they migrated to a neutral country.
4. •
   To move computer code or files from one computer or network to another.

   • They had finished migrating all of the affected code to the production server by 2:00am, three hours later than expected.
5. •
   To move slowly towards, usually in groups.

   • Once the hosts started bickering in the kitchens, the guests began to migrate towards the living room.
6. •
   To move gradually, especially from an intended to an unintended position.

   • Oil was able to migrate from the accessory gearbox into the magneto housing through the improperly installed gland seals.
7. •
   To induce customers to shift purchases from one set of a company's related products to another.

   • We were hoping to migrate the customers of the "C" series to the "E" series and the "E" customers to the "S" series.