'Gradatory' definitions:
Definition of 'gradatory'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Taking place by degrees [syn: gradational, gradatory, graduated]
Definition of 'Gradatory'
From: GCIDE
- Gradatory \Grad"a*to*ry\, n. [Cf. LL. gradatarium.] (Arch.) A series of steps from a cloister into a church. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Gradatory'
From: GCIDE
- Gradatory \Grad"a*to*ry\, a. [See Grade.]
- 1. Proceeding step by step, or by gradations; gradual. [1913 Webster]
- Could we have seen [Macbeth's] crimes darkening on their progress . . . could this gradatory apostasy have been shown us. --A. Seward. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) Suitable for walking; -- said of the limbs of an animal when adapted for walking on land. [1913 Webster]