matriculate

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive)
• HYPHEN: ma=tric=u=late

CIDE DICTIONARY

matriculate, v. t. [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;  [1913 Webster]
"In discovering and matriculating the arms of commissaries from North America."  [1913 Webster]

matriculate, v. i. 

 To go though the process of admission to membership, as by examination and enrollment, in a society or college.  [1913 Webster]

matriculate, a. 

 Matriculated.  Arbuthnot.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

matriculate, v.
1 intr. be enrolled at a college or university.
2 tr. admit (a student) to membership of a college or university.

Derivative

matriculatory adj.

Etymology

med.L matriculare matriculat- enrol f. LL matricula register, dimin. of L MATRIX

ROGET THESAURUS

matriculate

Learning

VB learn, acquire knowledge, gain knowledge, receive knowledge, take in knowledge, drink in knowledge, imbibe knowledge, pick up knowledge, gather knowledge, get knowledge, obtain knowledge, collect knowledge, glean knowledge, glean information, glean learning, acquaint oneself with, master, make oneself master of, make oneself acquainted with, grind, cram, get up, coach up, learn by heart, learn by rote, read, spell, peruse, con over, pore over, thumb over, wade through, dip into, run the eye over, run the eye through, turn over the leaves, study, be studious, burn the midnight oil, consume the midnight oil, mind one's book, cram, go to school, go to college, go to the university, matriculate, serve an apprenticeship, serve one's apprenticeship, serve one's time, learn one's trade, be informed, be taught, drop out, leave school, quit school, graduate, transfer, take a leave, dismiss, expel, kick out of school, flunk out, be dismissed.