-
To
receive
a
degree
from
a
college
or
university;
to
pass
by
degrees.
-
To
admit
to
or
take
an
academic
degree
at
the
end
of
a
course.
-
To
divide
into
grades
or
intervals;
change
by
degrees.
-
To
mark
with
degrees;
to
arrange
according
to
degrees
of
quality,
color,
heat,
etc.;
to
confer
a
degree
or
diploma
upon;
as,
he
was
graduated
at
Columbia.
-
To
divide
into
regular
intervals:
to
mark
with
degrees:
to
proportion.
-
To
mark
with
degrees;
proportion;
confer
a
degree
upon.
-
To
pass
by
degrees;
to
change
gradually;
to
shade
off;
as,
sandstone
which
graduates
into
gneiss;
carnelian
sometimes
graduates
into
quartz.
-
To
taper,
as
the
tail
of
certain
birds.
-
To
take
a
degree
in
a
college
or
university;
to
become
a
graduate;
to
receive
a
diploma.
-
To
take
or
receive
a
college
degree
or
a
diploma;
change
by
degrees.
-
To
pass
by
grades
or
degrees:
to
pass
through
a
university
course
and
receive
a
degree:
in
England
the
regular
usage
is
to
say
that
a
person
graduates (
takes
an
academical
degree),
in
U.
S.
it
is
more
common
to
say
that
he
or
she
is
graduated;
as,
Longfellow
was
graduated
at
Bowdoin
College.
-
To
receive
a
university
degree.
-
confer
an
academic
degree
upon; "
This
school
graduates
2,
000
students
each
year"
-
To
honour
with
a
degree;
to
divide
into
small
regular
intervals;
to
form
shades
or
nice
differences;
to
temper
by
degrees;
to
mark
by
degrees;
to
bring
fluids
to
a
certain
degree
of
consistency.
-
To
divide
any
space
into
small
regular
intervals
or
parts;
to
receive
or
take
a
degree
from
a
university.
-
Arranged
by
successive
steps
or
degrees;
graduated.
-
a
measuring
instrument
for
measuring
fluid
volume;
a
glass
container (
cup
or
cylinder
or
flask)
whose
sides
are
marked
with
or
divided
into
amounts
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
To
bring
to
a
certain
degree
of
consistency,
by
evaporation,
as
a
fluid.
-
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.
-
A
graduated
cup,
tube,
or
flask;
a
measuring
glass
used
by
apothecaries
and
chemists.
See
under
Graduated.
-
One
on
whom
a
degree
or
a
diploma
has
been
conferred.
-
One
admitted
to
a
degree
in
a
college,
university,
or
society.
-
GRADUATION.
-
One
who
has
been
graduated
by
an
institution
of
learning.
-
One
who
has
received
a
degree
in
a
college
or
university.
-
One
who
has
received
an
academical
degree.
-
of
or
relating
to
studies
beyond
a
bachelor's
degree; "
graduate
courses"
-
Having
been
given
a
degree;
pertaining
to
those
upon
whom
degrees
have
been
conferred;
as,
a
graduate
student.
-
Having
been
graduated
from
an
institution
of
learning.
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