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gradatory
adj 2noun 1
Collocations
2VERB + GRADATORY
connected, forms, progress
GRADATORY + NOUN
apostasy
Definitions
noun
1
A series of steps from a cloister into a church.
adj
1
Proceeding step by step; gradual.
Could we have seen [Macbeth's] crimes darkening on their progress […] could this gradatory apostasy have been shown us.
2
Suitable for walking, or able to walk (said of an animal, especially a bird, or of the limbs of an animal when adapted for walking on land).
Under this name we group together a large number of very similar forms; or if dissimilar, forms connected by gradatory specimens
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Synonyms
adjective — taking place by degrees
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
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Could we have seen [Macbeth's] crimes darkening on their progress […] could this gradatory apostasy have been shown us.
Wiktionary02
Under this name we group together a large number of very similar forms; or if dissimilar, forms connected by gradatory specimens
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