Definition

Arrangei by successive steps or degrees; graduated. Beginning with the genus, passing through all the graduate and subordinate stages. Tatham.

Other Definitions

This word also has 2 other definitions:

GRADUATE (noun)

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 lea...

GRADUATE (verb)

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...