Mr. Peirce was born in September, 1778; and, after being graduated at Harvard College, with the highest honors of his class.—Ibid., Vol. II. p. 390, and Chap. XXXVII. passim.
He was graduated in 1789 with distinguished honors, at the age of nineteen.—Mr. Young's Discourse on the Life of President Kirkland.
His class when graduated, in 1785, consisted of thirty-two persons.—Dr. Palfrey's Discourse on the Life and Character of Dr. Ware.
2. Intransitively. To receive a degree from a college or university.
He graduated at Leyden in 1691.—London Monthly Mag., Oct. 1808, p. 224.
Wherever Magnol graduated.—Rees's Cyclopædia, Art. MAGNOL.
GRADUATE. One who has received a degree in a college or university, or from some professional incorporated society.—Webster.
GRADUATE IN A SCHOOL. A degree given, in the University of Virginia, to those who have been through a course of study less than is required for the degree of B.A.
GRADUATION. The act of conferring or receiving academical degrees. —Charter of Dartmouth College.
After his graduation at Yale College, in 1744, he continued his studies at Harvard University, where he took his second degree in 1747.—Hist. Sketch of Columbia Coll., p. 122.