[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

graduate \grad"uate\, v. t. imp.  p. p. graduatedp. 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.
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            dyers advance and graduate their colors with salts.
                                                  --browne.
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   4. chem. to bring to a certain degree of consistency, by
      evaporation, as a fluid.
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   graduating engine, a dividing engine. see dividing
      engine, under dividing.
      1913 webster
see also:
graduated graduating graduate grade graduating engine dividing 

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