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Webster 1913 Edition


Matriculate

Ma-tric′u-late

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Matriculated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Matriculating
.]
[L.
matricula
a public roll or register, dim. of
matrix
a mother, in respect to propagation, also, a public register. See
Matrix
.]
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

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

Ma-tric′u-late

,
Adj.
Matriculated.
Skelton.
Noun.
One who is matriculated.
Arbuthnot.

Webster 1828 Edition


Matriculate

MATRIC'ULATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. matricula, a roll or register, from matrix.]
To enter or admit to membership in a body or society, particularly in a college or university, by enrolling the name in a register.

MATRIC'ULATE

,
Noun.
One enrolled in a register, and thus admitted to membership in a society.

Definition 2024


matriculate

matriculate

English

Verb

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

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

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