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gradate [grey-deyt] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN 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. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of gradate First recorded in 1745–55; back formation from gradation Related formsre·gra·date, verb, re·gra·dat·ed, re·gra·dat·ing.un·gra·dat·ed, adjectiveun·gra·dat·ing, adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Related Words for gradated peg, compute, survey, fit, evaluate, average, limit, rank, mark, assess, adjust, gauge, determine, quantify, weigh, estimate, regulate, check, calibrate, square Examples from the Web for gradated Historical Examples of gradated
And this, in the case of gradated colour, makes the shading softer.
Art in Needlework
Lewis F. Day
It will be seen in the figure there given, that this change is not sudden, but gradated.
Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V)
John Ruskin
The brush is placed firmly on the canvas and then dragged from the point lightly away, leaving a gradated tone.
The Practice and Science Of Drawing
Harold Speed
This is a typical Watteau composition, founded on a rhythmic play of gradated tones and gradated edges.
The Practice and Science Of Drawing
Harold Speed
Without these steadying influences these compositions of gradated masses would be sickly and weak.
The Practice and Science Of Drawing
Harold Speed
British Dictionary definitions for gradated gradate verb to change or cause to change imperceptibly, as from one colour, tone, or degree to another (tr) to arrange in grades or ranks Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for gradated gradate v.
1753, back-formation from gradation. Related: Gradated; gradating.
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