MATRICULATE

matriculate

(noun) someone who has been admitted to a college or university

matriculate

(verb) enroll as a student

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

matriculate (third-person singular simple present matriculates, present participle matriculating, simple past and past participle matriculated)

(transitive) To enroll as a member of a body, especially of a college or university

(intransitive) To be enrolled as a member of a body, especially of a college or university.

Noun

matriculate (plural matriculates)

A person admitted to membership in a society.

Source: Wiktionary


Ma*tric"u*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Matriculated; p. pr. & vb. n. Matriculating.] Etym: [L. matricula a public roll or register, dim. of matrix a mother, in respect to propagation, also, a public register. See Matrix.]

Definition: To enroll; to enter in a register; specifically, to enter or admit to membership in a body or society, particularly in a college or university, by enrolling the name in a register. In discovering and matriculating the arms of commissaries from North America. Sir W. Scott.

Ma*tric"u*late, v. i.

Definition: To go though the process of admission to membership, as by examination and enrollment, in a society or college.

Ma*tric"u*late, a.

Definition: Matriculated. Skelton.

– n.

Definition: One who is matriculated. Arbuthnot.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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