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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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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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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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To bring to a certain degree of consistency, by
evaporation, as a fluid. |
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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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To taper, as the tail of certain birds. |
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To take a degree in a college or university; to become
a graduate; to receive a diploma. |
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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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A graduated cup, tube, or flask; a measuring glass used
by apothecaries and chemists. See under Graduated. |
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Arranged by successive steps or degrees; graduated. |
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