matriculate

Matriculate is defined as to enroll at a college or university.

(verb)

An example of matriculate is when someone enrolls to go to school at Harvard.

See matriculate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb, intransitive verb matriculated, matriculating

to enroll, esp. as a student in a college or university

Origin: < ML matriculatus, pp. of matriculare, to register < LL matricula, dim. of matrix: see matrix

noun

a person so enrolled

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See matriculate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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.

noun (-lĭt, -lātˌ)

One who is admitted as a student to a college or university.

Origin:

Origin: From Medieval Latin mātrīculāre, mātrīculāt-

Origin: , from Late Latin mātrīcula, list

Origin: , diminutive of mātrīx, mātrīc-; see matrix

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