† deˈgraduate, v. Obs.
[f. de- II. 1 + graduate v.]
trans. To depose from rank or dignity; to degrade from an office or position.
| 1649 Evelyn Mem. (1857) III. 47 Since (after degraduating the Lord Mayor) they have voted five more of the principal aldermen out of the city government. 1814 G. Dyer Hist. Univ. Cambridge II. 414 By mistaking the character, and degraduating him, we lose sight of the dignity of the poeta laureatus. |