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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Graduate \Grad"u*ate\, v. i. 1. To pass by degrees; to change gradually; to shade off; as, sandstone which graduates into gneiss; carnelian sometimes graduates into quartz. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) To taper, as the tail of certain birds. [1913 Webster] 3. To take a degree in a college or university; to become a graduate; to receive a diploma. [1913 Webster] He graduated at Oxford. --Latham. [1913 Webster] He was brought to their bar and asked where he had graduated. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Graduate \Grad"u*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Graduated}p. pr. & vb. n. {Graduating}.] [Cf. F. graduer. See {Graduate}, n., {Grade}.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Dyers advance and graduate their colors with salts. --Browne. [1913 Webster] 4. (Chem.) To bring to a certain degree of consistency, by evaporation, as a fluid. [1913 Webster] {Graduating engine}, a dividing engine. See {Dividing} engine, under {Dividing}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Graduate \Grad"u*ate\, n. [LL. graduatus, p. p. of graduare to admit to a degree, fr. L. gradus grade. See {Grade}, 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. [1913 Webster] 2. A graduated cup, tube, flask, or cylinder; a glass measuring container used by apothecaries and chemists. See under {Graduated}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Graduate \Grad"u*ate\, a. [See {Graduate}, n. & v.] Arranged by successive steps or degrees; graduated. [1913 Webster] Beginning with the genus, passing through all the graduate and subordinate stages. --Tatham. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: graduate adj 1: of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree; "graduate courses" [syn: {graduate(a)}, {postgraduate}] n 1: a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university) [syn: {alumnus}, {alumna}, {alum}, {graduate}, {grad}] 2: a measuring instrument for measuring fluid volume; a glass container (cup or cylinder or flask) whose sides are marked with or divided into amounts v 1: receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies; "She graduated in 1990" 2: confer an academic degree upon; "This school graduates 2,000 students each year" 3: make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring; "calibrate an instrument"; "graduate a cylinder" [syn: {calibrate}, {graduate}, {fine-tune}]