gradate

[ grey-deyt ]

/ ˈgreɪ deɪt /

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verb (used without object), gra·dat·ed, gra·dat·ing.

to pass by gradual or imperceptible degrees, as one color into another.

verb (used with object), gra·dat·ed, gra·dat·ing.

to cause to gradate.

to arrange in grades.

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Origin of gradate

First recorded in 1745–55; back formation from gradation

OTHER WORDS FROM gradate

re·gra·date, verb, re·gra·dat·ed, re·gra·dat·ing.un·gra·dat·ed, adjectiveun·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 Fletcher
It is easy in this way to print a very delicately gradated tint from full colour to white.
Wood-Block Printing|F. Morley Fletcher
She was also in a scarlet flannel blouse thickly powdered with gradated black discs.
The Far Horizon|Lucas Malet
The 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 Ruskin

Not 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

gradate

/ (ɡrəˈdeɪt) /

verb

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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gradate

Origin of gradate

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