† disgraduatev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To depose from a degree or dignity, deprive of rank or privilege; = disgrade v., degraduate v.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > degrading or debasement > degrade [verb (transitive)]
vile1297
supplanta1382
to bring lowa1387
revilea1393
gradea1400
villain1412
abject?a1439
to-gradea1440
vilifyc1450
villainy1483
disparage1496
degradea1500
deject?1521
disgraduate1528
disgress1528
regrade1534
base1538
diminute1575
lessen1579
to turn down1581
to pitch (a person) over the bar?1593
disesteem1594
degender1596
unnoble1598
disrank1599
reduce1599
couch1602
disthrone1603
displume1606
unplume1621
disnoble1622
disworth?1623
villainize1623
unglory1626
ungraduate1633
disennoble1645
vilicate1646
degraduate1649
bemean1651
deplume1651
lower1653
cheapen1654
dethrone1659
diminish1667
scoundrel1701
sink1706
demean1715
abjectate1731
unglorifya1740
unmagnify1747
undignify1768
to take the shine out of (less frequently from, U.S. off)1819
dishero1838
misdemean1843
downgrade1892
demote1919
objectify1973
1528 W. Tyndale Obed. Christen Man f. lxxiijv Yf they be of mine annointed and beare my marke, disgresse them, I wold saye disgraduate them.
1550 T. Nicolls tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War v. v. f. cxxx The saide Lacedemonions did desgraduate and declaire those to be deffamed and dishonered, that were takene by the Athenyans in the Islande.
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