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   Grade, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Graded; p. pr. & vb. n. Grading.]
   1. To arrange in order, steps, or degrees, according to size, quality, rank, etc.
   
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   2. To reduce to a level, or to an evenly progressive ascent, as the line of a canal or road.
   
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   3. (Stock Breeding) To cross with some better breed; to improve the blood of.
   
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   graded adj.
   1. ordered by some quantitative ranking; as, “Reading tests of graded difficulty”.
   
   Syn. -- ordered, ranked.
   
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   2. leveled and drained but not paved; -- of roads.
   
   Syn. -- graveled.
   
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