Matriculate

//məˈtɹɪkjəˌleɪt// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Matriculated. adjective, error-misspelling, not-comparable, obsolete, participle

    "The fame matryculate Of poetes laureate."

Noun
  1. 1
    A person admitted to membership in a society or college.
  2. 2
    someone who has been admitted to a college or university wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To enroll as a member of a body, especially of a college or university. transitive
  2. 2
    enroll as a student wordnet
  3. 3
    To join or enter (a group, body, category of people, etc.). broadly, often, transitive

    "As LGBTQ and ally-identified students matriculate to the workforce, many will come with an understanding of the importance of honoring personal pronouns and allowing for gender-inclusive pronouns such as "they, them, theirs.""

  4. 4
    To be enrolled as a member of a body, especially of a college or university. intransitive, stative
  5. 5
    To graduate (from a school or course of study). proscribed

    "[...] fewer than 100 indigenous Namibians have matriculated (graduated) annually from secondary school. In 1982 the number fell to 20."

Etymology

Etymology 1

The adjective is first attested in 1487, in Middle English, the verb in 1557; borrowed from Latin mātrīculātus, perfect passive participle of mātrīculō (“to register”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from mātrīcula (“public register”), a diminutive of Latin mātrīx (“list”).

Etymology 2

The adjective is first attested in 1487, in Middle English, the verb in 1557; borrowed from Latin mātrīculātus, perfect passive participle of mātrīculō (“to register”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from mātrīcula (“public register”), a diminutive of Latin mātrīx (“list”).

Etymology 3

The adjective is first attested in 1487, in Middle English, the verb in 1557; borrowed from Latin mātrīculātus, perfect passive participle of mātrīculō (“to register”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from mātrīcula (“public register”), a diminutive of Latin mātrīx (“list”).

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