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Disgraduate
Disgraduate Dis*grad"u*ate (?; 135), v. t.
To degrade; to reduce in rank. [Obs.] --Tyndale.
GradualGradual Grad"u*al, n. [LL. graduale a gradual (in sense 1),
fr. L. gradus step: cf. F. graduel. See Grade, and cf.
Grail a gradual.]
1. (R. C. Ch.)
(a) An antiphon or responsory after the epistle, in the
Mass, which was sung on the steps, or while the deacon
ascended the steps.
(b) A service book containing the musical portions of the
Mass.
2. A series of steps. [Obs.] --Dryden. GradualGradual Grad"u*al"; a. [Cf; F. graduel. See Grade, and cf.
Gradual, n.]
Proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as
in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly
progressive; slow; as, a gradual increase of knowledge; a
gradual decline.
Creatures animate with gradual life Of growth, sense,
reason, all summed up in man. --Milton. Graduality
Graduality Grad"u*al"i*ty, n.
The state of being gradual; gradualness. [R.] --Sir T.
Browne.
Gradually
Gradually Grad"u*al*ly, adv.
1. In a gradual manner.
2. In degree. [Obs.]
Human reason doth not only gradually, but
specifically, differ from the fantastic reason of
brutes. --Grew.
Gradualness
Gradualness Grad"u*al*ness, n.
The quality or state of being gradual; regular progression or
gradation; slowness.
The gradualness of this movement. --M. Arnold.
The gradualness of growth is a characteristic which
strikes the simplest observer. --H. Drummond.
GraduateGraduate 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.
2. A graduated cup, tube, or flask; a measuring glass used by
apothecaries and chemists. See under Graduated. GraduateGraduate Grad"u*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Graduatedp. 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. GraduateGraduate Grad"u*ate, a. [See Graduate, n. & v.]
Arranged by successive steps or degrees; graduated.
Beginning with the genus, passing through all the
graduate and subordinate stages. --Tatham. Graduate
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.
2. (Zo["o]l.) To taper, as the tail of certain birds.
3. To take a degree in a college or university; to become a
graduate; to receive a diploma.
He graduated at Oxford. --Latham.
He was brought to their bar and asked where he had
graduated. --Macaulay.
GraduatedGraduate Grad"u*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Graduatedp. 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. Graduateship
Graduateship Grad"u*ate*ship, n.
State of being a graduate. --Milton.
GraduatingGraduate Grad"u*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Graduatedp. 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. Graduating engineGraduate Grad"u*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Graduatedp. 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. Graduator
Graduator Grad"u*a"tor, n.
1. One who determines or indicates graduation; as, a
graduator of instruments.
2. An instrument for dividing any line, right or curve, into
small, regular intervals.
3. An apparatus for diffusing a solution, as brine or
vinegar, over a large surface, for exposure to the air.
Gradus
Gradus Gra"dus, n. [From L. gradus ad Parnassum a step to
Parnassus.]
A dictionary of prosody, designed as an aid in writing Greek
or Latin poetry.
He set to work . . . without gradus or other help. --T.
Hughes.
Nycticebus tardigradusLemur Le"mur (l[=e]"m[u^]r), n. [L., a ghost, specter. So
called on account of its habit of going abroad by night.]
(Zo["o]l.)
One of a family (Lemurid[ae]) of nocturnal mammals allied
to the monkeys, but of small size, and having a sharp and
foxlike muzzle, and large eyes. They feed upon birds,
insects, and fruit, and are mostly natives of Madagascar and
the neighboring islands, one genus (Galago) occurring in
Africa. The slow lemur or kukang of the East Indies is
Nycticebus tardigradus. See Galago, Indris, and
Colugo. Undergraduate
Undergraduate Un`der*grad"u*ate, n.
A member of a university or a college who has not taken his
first degree; a student in any school who has not completed
his course.
Undergraduate
Undergraduate Un`der*grad"u*ate, a.
Of or pertaining to an undergraduate, or the body of
undergraduates.
Undergraduateship
Undergraduateship Un`der*grad"u*ate*ship, n.
The position or condition of an undergraduate.
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