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matriculate
1. To admit a student to membership of a college or university.
2. To be enrolled at a college or university, after meeting the academic standard required to be accepted for a course of further education.
3. Etymology: from Latin matrix, meaning "womb, source, origin".

It is formed from mater, matris, "mother", on analogy of nutrix, "wet-nurse, nurse".

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