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gra⋅date

  [grey-deyt] verb, -dat⋅ed, -dat⋅ing.
Use gradate in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
1. to pass by gradual or imperceptible degrees, as one color into another.
–verb (used with object)
2. to cause to gradate.
3. to arrange in grades.
Origin:
1745–55; back formation from gradation
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gra·date   (grā'dāt')   
v.   gra·dat·ed, gra·dat·ing, gra·dates

v.   intr.
To pass imperceptibly from one degree, shade, or tone to another.
v.   tr.

  1. To cause to pass imperceptibly from one degree, shade, or tone to another.

  2. To arrange in or according to grades.


[Back-formation from gradation.]
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