Part 4924

<hw>Grad"u*al*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or state of being gradual; regular progression or gradation; slowness.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>gradualness</b> of this movement. <i>M. Arnold.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The <b>gradualness</b> of growth is a characteristic which strikes the simplest observer. <i>H. Drummond.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Grad"u*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Graduated</er> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Graduating</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>graduer</ets>. See <er>Graduate</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, <er>Grade</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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>as, he was graduated at Yale College</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To prepare gradually; to arrange, temper, or modify by degrees or to a certain degree; to determine the degrees of; <as>as, to graduate the heat of an oven</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Dyers advance and graduate their colors with salts. <i>Browne.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>To bring to a certain degree of consistency, by evaporation, as a fluid.</def>

<cs><col>Graduating engine</col>, <cd>a dividing engine. See <cref>Dividing</cref> engine, under <er>Dividing</er>.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Grad"u*ate</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To pass by degrees; to change gradually; to shade off; <as>as, sandstone which <ex>graduates</ex> into gneiss; carnelian sometimes <ex>graduates</ex> into quartz.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>To taper, as the tail of certain birds.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To take a degree in a college or university; to become a graduate; to receive a diploma.</def>

<blockquote>He <b>graduated</b> at Oxford. <i>Latham.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>He was brought to their bar and asked where he had <b>graduated</b>. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Grad"u*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>graduatus</ets>, p. p. of graduare to admit to a degree, fr. L. <ets>gradus</ets> grade. See <er>Grade</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A graduated cup, tube, or flask; a measuring glass used by apothecaries and chemists. See under <er>Graduated</er>.</def>

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<hw>Grad"u*ate</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Graduate</er>, <tt>n.</tt> & <tt>v.</tt>]</ety> <def>Arrangei by successive steps or degrees; graduated.</def>

<blockquote>Beginning with the genus, passing through all the <b>graduate</b> and subordinate stages. <i>Tatham.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Grad"u*a"ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Marked with, or divided into, degrees; divided into grades.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Tapered; -- said of a bird's tail when the outer feathers are shortest, and the others successively longer.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Graduated</col> <col>tube, bottle, cap, &or; glass</col>, <cd>a vessel, usually of glass, having horizontal marks upon its sides, with figures, to indicate the amount of the contents at the several levels.</cd> -- <col>Graduated spring</col></mcol> <fld>(Railroads)</fld>, <cd>a combination of metallic and rubber springs.</cd></cs>

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