GRAD'UATE, v.t. [L. gradus, a degree.] 1. To honor with a degree or diploma, in a college or university; to confer a degree on; as, to graduate a master of arts.2. To mark with degrees, regular intervals, or division; as, to graduate a thermometer. 3. To form shades or nice differences.4. To raise to a higher place in the scale of metals.5. To advance by degrees; to improve. Dyers advance and graduate their colors with salts.6. To temper; to prepare. Diseases originating in the atmosphere act exclusively on bodies graduated to receive their impressions.7. To mark degrees or differences of any kind; as, to graduate punishment.8. In chimistry, to bring fluids to a certain degree of consistency.GRAD'UATE, v.i. To receive a degree from a college or university. 1. To pass by degrees; to change gradually. Sandstone which graduates into gneiss, Carnelian sometimes graduates into quartz.GRAD'UATE, n. One who has received a degree in a college or university, or from some professional incorporated society. |
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