gradate
to pass by gradual or imperceptible degrees, as one color into another.
Origin of gradate
1Other words from gradate
- re·gra·date, verb, re·gra·dat·ed, re·gra·dat·ing.
- un·gra·dat·ed, adjective
- un·gra·dat·ing, adjective
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How to use gradate in a sentence
But there are cases in which a gradated tone, such as a sky, may need to be printed before the line block.
Wood-Block Printing | F. Morley FletcherIt is easy in this way to print a very delicately gradated tint from full colour to white.
Wood-Block Printing | F. Morley FletcherShe was also in a scarlet flannel blouse thickly powdered with gradated black discs.
The Far Horizon | Lucas MaletThe right line is to the curve what monotony is to melody, and what unvaried color is to gradated color.
Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) | John RuskinNot only this, but there is a gradated improvement of intelligence in the course of it,—rather too much so for entire credibility.
The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne | Frank Preston Stearns
British Dictionary definitions for gradate
/ (ɡrəˈdeɪt) /
to change or cause to change imperceptibly, as from one colour, tone, or degree to another
(tr) to arrange in grades or ranks
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