Matriculating

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Matriculate \Ma*tric"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Matriculated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Matriculating}.] [L.
     matricula a public roll or register, dim. of matrix a mother,
     in respect to propagation, also, a public register. See
     {Matrix}.]
     To enroll; to enter in a register; specifically, to enter or


     admit to membership in a body or society, particularly in a
     college or university, by enrolling the name in a register.
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           In discovering and matriculating the arms of
           commissaries from North America.         --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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