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The word "matriculate" has been employed in literature to denote the act of enrolling or registering formally, often in an academic or bureaucratic context. In one historical account, a Tiya lady matriculated into a clerkship at the Tellicherry post-office, suggesting early instances where formal enrollment intersected with employment ([1]). In contrast, another literary work uses the failure to matriculate at Balliol as a catalyst for a striking physical transformation, thereby imbuing the term with a metaphorical dimension that links academic setbacks to personal change ([2]). Additionally, the term is portrayed in a practical light, as exemplified by a character who, due to a lack of a passport, could attend lectures but not matriculate regularly, highlighting the importance of formal registration in accessing education ([3]). Even in its Spanish form, matricularse, the word retains this foundational significance, underscoring its consistent use across different cultures and languages ([4]).
  1. It may be noted that, in 1907, a Tiya lady matriculate was entertained as a clerk in the Tellicherry post-office.
    — from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7 by Edgar Thurston
  2. His long silky hair, originally black, had been blanched to a permanent and snowy white by failures in the attempt to matriculate at Balliol.
    — from He by Andrew Lang and Walter Herries Pollock
  3. Because he had no passport he could only attend lectures, but could not regularly matriculate.
    — from Lineage, Life and Labors of José Rizal, Philippine Patriot by Austin Craig
  4. matricularse , to matriculate.
    — from A First Spanish Reader by Alfred Remy and Erwin W. Roessler

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