gradate

gradate
/gray"dayt/, v., gradated, gradating.
v.i.
1. to pass by gradual or imperceptible degrees, as one color into another.
v.t.
2. to cause to gradate.
3. to arrange in grades.
[1745-55; back formation from GRADATION]

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