Defn: To form with gradations. [R.]
GRADATIONAL
Gra*da"tion*al, a.
Defn: By regular steps or gradations; of or pertaining to gradation.
GRADATORY
Grad"a*to*ry, a. Etym: [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. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Suitable for walking; — said of the limbs of an animal when adapted for walking on land.
GRADATORY
Grad"a*to*ry, n. Etym: [Cf. LL. gradatarium.] (Arch.)
Defn: A series of steps from a cloister into a church.
GRADE Grade, n. Etym: [F. grade, L. gradus step, pace, grade, from gradi to step, go. Cf. Congress, Degree, Gradus.]