gradare

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See also: gradaré

Italian

Etymology

From grado (degree”, “level) +‎ -are (1st conjugation verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡraˈda.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: gra‧dà‧re

Verb

gradàre (first-person singular present gràdo, first-person singular past historic gradài, past participle gradàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, archaic) to divide by degrees; to graduate
    • 1629, Galileo Galilei with Giambattista Venturi, “Il Galileo al Cav. Buonamici in Ispagna [Galileo to Sir Buonamici in Spain]”, in Memorie e lettere inedite finora o disperse di Galileo Galilei - Parte seconda [Heretofore unpublished or lost memoirs and letters of Galileo Galilei - Part two]‎, Modena: G. Vincenzi, published 1821, Sezione VII, Articolo V, page 278:
      [] vi era il Signor Conte Orso, che era di dare a S.M. il mio trovato per gradar la longitudine []
      in the presence of Sir Count Orso, who was to give to H.M. my finding to graduate the longitude
  2. (intransitive, literary) to have a gradual structure
    1. (figurative, by extension) to slope down or incline downward
      • 1763, Giuseppe Parini, “Il mattino [Morning]”, in Opere dell'abate Giuseppe Parini - Volume primo [Works of abbot Giuseppe Parini - Volume one]‎, Venice: Giacomo Storti, published 1803, page 11:
        [] ti appoggia ¶ Agli origlieri i quai lenti gradando ¶ all'omero ti fan molle sostegno.
        lean ¶ on the pillows, that slowly sloping down ¶ provide a soft support for your shoulder.

Conjugation

Anagrams

Romanian

Etymology

From grada +‎ -re.

Noun

gradare f (plural gradări)

  1. gradation

Declension

Spanish

Verb

gradare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of gradar