a. [ See Grade. ]
Could we have seen [ Macbeth's ] crimes darkening on their progress . . . could this gradatory apostasy have been shown us. A. Seward. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. LL. gradatarium. ] (Arch.) A series of steps from a cloister into a church. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. praedatorius, fr. praedari to plunder, fr. praeda prey. See Prey. ]
Exercise . . . maketh the spirits more hot and predatory. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. praedatorius, fr. praedari to plunder, fr. praeda prey. See Prey. ]
Exercise . . . maketh the spirits more hot and predatory. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]