Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
someone who has been admitted to a college or university;
VERB (1)
1.
enroll as a student;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Matriculate \Ma*tric"u*late\, v. i.
To go though the process of admission to membership, as by
examination and enrollment, in a society or college.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Matriculate \Ma*tric"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Matriculated; p. pr. & vb. n. Matriculating.] [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; specifically, to enter or
admit to membership in a body or society, particularly in a
college or university, by enrolling the name in a register.
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In discovering and matriculating the arms of
commissaries from North America. --Sir W.
Scott.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Matriculate \Ma*tric"u*late\, a.
Matriculated. --Skelton. -- n. One who is matriculated.
--Arbuthnot.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
matriculate
n 1: someone who has been admitted to a college or university
v 1: enroll as a student