degreedadj.
/dɪˈɡriːd/ 1. Having an academical degree. Also absol.
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society > education > educational administration > university administration > taking degree or graduation > [adjective] > having degree
graduatea1513
degreed1560
graduated1665
1560 in J. Strype Ann. Reformation I. xvii. 215 Such as be degreed in the Universities.
1905 Daily Chron. 11 July 3/2 The unfairness to the rate-payer,..to the class-teacher, to the non-collegiate, to the academical degreed.
1962 Guardian 17 Jan. 6/6 Degreed women are..very much the exception.
1967 Guardian 28 June 6/5 Abstracts of papers by much-degreed ladies from the University of Saskatchewan.
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the world > relative properties > order > [adjective] > of or relating to a system > arranged in gradations
gradual?1541
degreed1581
graduate1628
scalary1646
graduated1679
gradatory1793
gradationed1805
1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xi. 59 Musick..standeth vpon an ordinate, and degreed motion of the voice.
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society > society and the community > social class > [adjective] > having or occupying (social) position
degreed1608
positioned1832
1608 T. Heywood Rape of Lucrece sig. D We that are degreed aboue our people.
1656 S. Hunton Golden Law 43 Are they not both (though differently degree'd), servants to one and the same Lord?
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > [adjective] > divided > marked out into or consisting of distinct parts
degreed1664
divided1677
1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 23 Her two horns are all joynted and degree'd like the stops in the germination of some Plants.
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5. Heraldry. Of a cross: Placed upon ‘degrees’ or steps; = degraded adj.2 (In modern dictionaries.)
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