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Grad"u*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Graduated (?) p. pr. & vb. n. Graduating (&unr_;).] [Cf. F. graduer. See Graduate, n., Grade.]
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1. To mark with degrees; to divide into regular steps, grades, or intervals, as the scale of a thermometer, a scheme of punishment or rewards, etc.
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2. To admit or elevate to a certain grade or degree; esp., in a college or university, to admit, at the close of the course, to an honorable standing defined by a diploma; as, he was graduated at Yale College.
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3. To prepare gradually; to arrange, temper, or modify by degrees or to a certain degree; to determine the degrees of; as, to graduate the heat of an oven.
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Dyers advance and graduate their colors with salts. Browne.
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4. (Chem.) To bring to a certain degree of consistency, by evaporation, as a fluid.
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Graduating engine, a dividing engine. See Dividing engine, under Dividing.
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Grad"u*ate, v. i. 1. To pass by degrees; to change gradually; to shade off; as, sandstone which graduates into gneiss; carnelian sometimes graduates into quartz.
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2. (Zo&ö;l.) To taper, as the tail of certain birds.
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3. To take a degree in a college or university; to become a graduate; to receive a diploma.
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He graduated at Oxford. Latham.
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He was brought to their bar and asked where he had graduated. Macaulay.
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Grad"u*ate (?), n. [LL. graduatus, p. p. of graduare to admit to a degree, fr. L. gradus grade. See Grade, n.] 1. One who has received an academical or professional degree; one who has completed the prescribed course of study in any school or institution of learning.
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2. A graduated cup, tube, flask, or cylinder; a glass measuring container used by apothecaries and chemists. See under Graduated.
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Grad"u*ate, a. [See Graduate, n. & v.] Arranged by successive steps or degrees; graduated.
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Beginning with the genus, passing through all the graduate
and subordinate stages. Tatham.
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