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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Graduate \Grad"u*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Graduated}p. pr & vb n. {Graduating}.] [Cf. F. graduer. See {Graduate}, n., {Grade}.] 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 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. 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. Dyers advance and graduate their colors with salts. --Browne. 4. (Chem.) To bring to a certain degree of consistency, by evaporation, as a fluid. {Graduating engine}, a dividing engine. See {Dividing} engine, under {Dividing}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Graduated \Grad"u*a"ted\, a. 1. Marked with or divided into degrees; divided into grades. 2. (Zo["o]l.) Tapered; -- said of a bird's tail when the outer feathers are shortest, and the others successively longer. {Graduated} {tube, bottle, cap, or glass}, a vessel, usually of glass, having horizontal marks upon its sides, with figures, to indicate the amount of the contents at the several levels. -- {Graduated spring} (Railroads), a combination of metallic and rubber springs. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: graduated adj 1: increasing as the amount taxed increases [syn: {proportional}] 2: decreasing as the amount taxed increases 3: slowly and smoothly [syn: {gradational}, {gradatory}]
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