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matriculate

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ma⋅tric⋅u⋅late

  [v. muh-trik-yuh-leyt; n. muh-trik-yuh-lit] verb, -lat⋅ed, -lat⋅ing, noun
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–verb (used with object)
1. to enroll in a college or university as a candidate for a degree.
2. to register (a coat of arms), used esp. in Scottish heraldry.
–verb (used without object)
3. to be matriculated.
–noun
4. a person who has been matriculated.
Origin:
1480–90 for earlier sense; < ML mātrīculātus (person) listed (for some specific duty), equiv. to mātrīcul(a) list (see matriculant ) + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
ma⋅tric⋅u⋅la⋅tion, noun
ma⋅tric⋅u⋅la⋅tor, noun
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ma·tric·u·late   (mə-trĭk'yə-lāt')   
tr. & intr.v.   ma·tric·u·lat·ed, ma·tric·u·lat·ing, ma·tric·u·lates
To admit or be admitted into a group, especially a college or university.
n.   (-lĭt, -lāt')
One who is admitted as a student to a college or university.

[From Medieval Latin mātrīculāre, mātrīculāt-, from Late Latin mātrīcula, list, diminutive of mātrīx, mātrīc-; see matrix.]
ma·tric'u·la'tion n.
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Word Origin & History

matriculate  (v.)
1577, "to admit a student to a college by enrolling his name on the register," from M.L. *matriculare "to register," from L.L. matricula "public register," dim. of L. matrix (gen. matricis) "list, roll," also "sources, womb" (see matrix). The connection of senses in the L. word seems to be via confusion of Gk. metra "womb" (from meter "mother") and an identical Gk. word meaning "register, lot." Evidently L. matrix was used to translate both, though it originally only shared meaning with one.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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