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"Graduate" in Japanese?

Pronunciation : Grad"u*ate
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Cf. F. graduer. See Graduate, n., Grade.]
Definition : 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.)

Defn: To bring to a certain degree of consistency, by evaporation, as a fluid. Graduating engine, a dividing engine. See Dividing engine, under Dividing.

t. [imp. & p. p. Graduated p. pr. & vb. n. Graduating (.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Grad"u*ate
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To pass by degrees; to change gradually; to shade off; as, sandstone which graduates into gneiss; carnelian sometimes graduates into quartz.

2. (Zo?l.)

Defn: 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.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Grad"u*ate
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [LL. graduatus, p. p. of graduare to admit to a degree, fr. L. gradus grade. See Grade, n.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Grad"u*ate
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [See Graduate, n. & v.]
Definition : Defn: Arrangei by successive steps or degrees; graduated. Beginning with the genus, passing through all the graduate and subordinate stages. Tatham.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913