See Also: Graduate(medicine)
graduate(1)(dictionary)
graduate(2)(dictionary)
graduate school(dictionary)
graduate nurse(medicine)
graduate 1, noun(dictionary)
graduate 2, verb(dictionary)
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graduate 3, adjective(dictionary)
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graduate(2) (iou)



graduate verb. LME.
[medieval Latin graduat- pa. ppl stem of graduare take a degree, from Latin gradus degree, step: see -ATE3.]
I.
verb trans. Confer a degree, diploma, or other academic qualification on; send (a person) from a place of learning with an academic qualification. Usu. in pass. Now US. LME.
D. Acheson Our daughter-in-law was being graduated with honors from Bryn Mawr College.
verb trans. Be sufficient to qualify (a person) for a degree or other distinction. E17-E19.
verb intrans. Take a university degree or (N. Amer.) high school diploma; successfully complete a course of education or training. E19.
J. Cheever Russell had graduated from the local high school and gone off to college.
b. verb intrans. Qualify (as); train in order to qualify. E19.
verb intrans. Progress to a more advanced or more extreme activity or position. E20.
G. Greene I had already graduated into the position of the old friend.
II.
verb intrans. Change gradually or step by step. LME.
D. Cecil Eight long-tailed ponies whose colour graduated from dark to pale brown.
verb trans. Arrange in a series or according to a scale. LME.
b. Mark out in degrees or portions. L16.
verb trans. Improve the grade or quality of; spec. in Alchemy, transmute to a higher grade. Only in M17.
graduator noun a person who or thing which graduates E19.