Dictionary entry

Matriculate

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

In discovering and matriculating the arms of commissaries from North America. Sir W. Scott.