Lexic.us

Definition of Gradate

1. Verb. Arrange according to grades. "These lines are gradated"

2. Verb. Pass imperceptibly from one degree, shade, or tone into another. "The paint on these walls gradates but you don't see it"

Definition of Gradate

1. v. t. To grade or arrange (parts in a whole, colors in painting, etc.), so that they shall harmonize.

Definition of Gradate

1. Verb. To change imperceptibly from one gradation of tone etc. to another ¹

2. Verb. To arrange in order of grades ¹

3. Verb. (chemistry) To bring to a certain strength or grade of concentration. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gradate

1. to change by degrees [v -DATED, -DATING, -DATES]

Medical Definition of Gradate

1. 1. To grade or arrange (parts in a whole, colours in painting, etc), so that they shall harmonize. 2. To bring to a certain strength or grade of concentration; as, to gradate a saline solution. See: Grade. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gradate

graciousness graciousnesses grackle grackles grad grad-shafranov equation grad school grad schools grad student grad students

gradability gradable gradable antonym gradable opposition gradables gradate (current term) gradated gradates gradatim gradating

gradation gradational gradationally gradationed gradationing gradations gradatories gradatory graddan graddaned

Literary usage of Gradate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the American Entomological Society by American Entomological Society (1897)
"NATHAN BANKS. with scattered light brown dots, some of those near the base darker brown : these dots give off indistinct oblique clouds, gradate ..."

2. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1863-1871), Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1894)
"... the base of the second branch of radius, both series of gradate veins, the base of the veinlets given off from the second branch of radius, ..."

3. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington by Entomological Society of Washington (1904)
"This species fails in Banks' Group II, Section A,f and is allied *In the outer gradate series I include the outer of the two transverse veins connecting the ..."

4. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1902)
"... but the edge is blackish and interrupted as in the anterior, sometimes forming vague indications of costal and apical spots : gradate ..."

5. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"Same as gradual, 2. gradate (gra'dat), г.; prêt, and pp. gradated, .... If you cannot gradate well with pure black Hues, you will never gradate well with ..."

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