Matriculate

v. t. [imp. & p. p. MATRICULATED; p. pr. & vb. n. MATRICULATING.] [Lat. matricula, a public roll or register, diminutive of matrix, a mother in respect to propagation, a public register; It. matricolare, Sp. matricular.] To enter or admit to membership in a body or society, particularly in a college or university, by enrolling the name in a register; sometimes, more generally, to enroll. “In discovering and matriculating the arms of commissaries from North America.” W. Scott.