Grade

grad, n. A step or degree in any series, rank, or order; in a road or railroad, the rate of ascent or descent; a graded ascending or descending portion of a road; a gradient. {Stock-breeding.) The result of cro ing a native stock with a better breed. — v. t. To reduce to a level, or to an evenly progre ive ascent, as the line of a canal or road. — Gfa'dient, a. Moving by steps; walking; rising or descending by regular degrees of inclination. — n. Rate of ascent or descent in a road, etc.; grade; a part of a road which slopes upward or downward. — Grada'tion, w. Act of progre ing by regular steps; state of being graded, or arranged in ranks; any degree in an order or series; gradual blending of one tint with another. — Grad'ual.-u-a^a. Proceeding by steps or degrees; progre ive; slow. — n. An order of steps; an ancient book of hymns, some of which were chanted on the steps {gradus) of the pulpit. — Grad'ually, adv. In a gradual manner; step by step. — Grad'uate, -u-at, v. t. To mark with degrees; to divide into regular steps, grades, or intervals; to admit to a certain grade or degree, esp. to an academical degree; to prepare gradually. — v. i. To pa to, or to receive, an academical degree; to pa by degrees, change gradually. — n. One admitted to an academical degree. — a. Arranged by succe ive steps or degrees; graduated. — Graduation, n. Act of graduating; art of dividing info deg i-ees or definite parts; marks on an instrument indicating degrees, etc.