About The Word Gradatory
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Gradatory
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What's The Definition Of Gradatory?
[adj] slowly and smoothly
Synonyms | Synonyms for Gradatory: gradational | gradual | graduated Related Terms | Find terms related to Gradatory: See Also | Gradatory In Webster's Dictionary \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["o]l.) Suitable for walking; -- said of the limbs of
an animal when adapted for walking on land.
\Grad"a*to*ry\, n. [Cf. LL. gradatarium.] (Arch.) A series of steps from a cloister into a church. |
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