matriculate (verb) - to enrolled or be enrolled as a student, typically at a college or university; to enter; to move the ball forward in American football [muh-trik-yuh-leyt]
BREAKDOWN: MATRIX- (source, womb) + -UL (small) + -ATE (make or do)
matriculate as a noun describes someone who has formally registered at a school
matriculation is registration and enrollment
"Like the private universities to which they proudly matriculate their graduates, American boarding schools are for all intents and purposes investment funds." ―Nash Jenkins