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gradatory |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gradatory \Grad"a*to*ry\, n. [Cf. LL gradatarium.] (Arch.) A series of steps from a cloister into a church. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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["o]l.) Suitable for walking; -- said of the limbs of an animal when adapted for walking on land. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: gradatory adj : slowly and smoothly [syn: {gradational}, {graduated}]
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