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De - Pt| English Dictionary: gradatory | by the DICT Development Group |
| 3 results for gradatory | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Gradatory \Grad"a*to*ry\, a. [See {Grade}.] 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. (Zo[94]l.) Suitable for walking; -- said of the limbs of an animal when adapted for walking on land. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Gradatory \Grad"a*to*ry\, n. [Cf. LL. gradatarium.] (Arch.) A series of steps from a cloister into a church. | |
