Definition of Gradatory
Grad´a`to`ry
a.
1.
Proceeding
step
by
step
,
or
by
gradations
;
gradual
.
Could
we
have
seen
[
Macbeth
'
s
]
crimes
darkening
on
their
progress
. . .
could
this
gradatory
apostasy
have
been
shown
us
.
- A. Seward.
2.
(Zool.)
Suitable
for
walking
; -
said
of
the
limbs
of
an
animal
when
adapted
for
walking
on
land
.
n.
1.
(Arch.)
A
series
of
steps
from
a
cloister
into
a
church
.
Related Words
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,
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,
graduated
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