Graduate
Definition of Graduate
Grad´u`ate | v. t. | 1. | | | 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. | | 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. | | 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. | | 4. | (Chem.) To bring to a certain degree of consistency, by evaporation, as a fluid. | | v. i. | 1. | To pass by degrees; to change gradually; to shade off; as, sandstone which graduates into gneiss; carnelian sometimes graduates into quartz. | | 2. | (Zool.) To taper, as the tail of certain birds. | | 3. | To take a degree in a college or university; to become a graduate; to receive a diploma. | | 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. | | 2. | A graduated cup, tube, flask, or cylinder; a glass measuring container used by apothecaries and chemists. See under Graduated. | | a. | 1. | Arranged by successive steps or degrees; graduated. |
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