(intransitive, ergative) To be recognized by a school or university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution.
(transitive, proscribed) To be certified as having earned a degree from; to graduate from (an institution).
(transitive) To certify (a student) as having earned a degree
(transitive) To mark (something) with degrees; to divide into regular steps or intervals, as the scale of a thermometer, a scheme of punishment or rewards, etc.
(intransitive) To change gradually.
To prepare gradually; to arrange, temper, or modify by degrees or to a certain degree; to determine the degrees of.
(chemistry) To bring to a certain degree of consistency, by evaporation, as a fluid.