matriculate English · revision 1145

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /məˈtɹɪkjʊˌleɪt/ ''(UK)''; /məˈtɹɪkjəˌleɪt/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It comes from [[la-med|matriculatus]], the past participle of ''mātrīculāre'' “to register”,^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) from Late Latin ''mātrīcula'' “public register”,^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) a diminutive of ''mātrīx'' “list, roll”, also “womb, breeding animal”.^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) The two senses of ''mātrīx'' seem to come from a confusion of Greek ''mḗtra'' “womb” with a different ''mḗtra'' “register, lot”.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) It is related to [[matrix]].^(AHD)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To put a name on an official list (1577);^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989) an adjective ''matriculate'' “registered, enrolled” is recorded from 1487.^(Barnhart 1995)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ From 1579 the verb meant especially to enrol a student in a college or university,^(Barnhart 1995)^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) and the intransitive sense, to be enrolled, is from 1851.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) In the late 16th century the word was also used, by association with Latin ''māter'' “mother”, in the senses to adopt as a child or to naturalize, now obsolete.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) In heraldry it means to record arms in an official register.^(OED 1989)^(RHWU) The noun ''matriculation'' is from 1588.^(Barnhart 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1487 – adjective, registered.^(Barnhart 1995)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1577 – to enter in a register.^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1579 – to enrol in a university; to adopt.^(Barnhart 1995)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1588 – ''matriculation''.^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * 1712 – noun, one who has matriculated.^(OED 1989)^(Wiktionary)

+ * 1851 – to be enrolled.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To admit or be admitted as a member of a body, especially as a student at a [[college]] or [[university]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To register a [[coat of arms]], especially in Scottish heraldry.^(RHWU)^(OED 1989)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # A person who has been matriculated.^(AHD)^(RHWU)^(OED 1989)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[matriculation]]

+ * [[matriculant]]

+ * [[matriculator]]

+ * [[unmatriculated]]

+ * [[rematriculate]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[matrix]]

+ * [[mother]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}