Gradatory
Pronunciation : Grad"a*to*ry
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [See Grade.]
Definition : 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?l.)
Defn: Suitable for walking; -- said of the limbs of an animal when adapted for walking on land.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Grad"a*to*ry
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Cf. LL. gradatarium.] (Arch.)
Definition : Defn: A series of steps from a cloister into a church.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913