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Graduate \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. (Zool.) 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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Graduate \Grad"u*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Graduated}p. pr. &
vb. n. {Graduating}.] [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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Graduate \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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Graduate \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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