gradatory

& s. [Lat. grad at us =formed with steps; gradus a step.] A. As adjective : 1. Ord. Lang .: Proceeding by gradations or steps; gradational. "Could this gradatory apostacy [of Macbeth] have been shown us; could the noble and useful moral which results, have been thus forcibly impre ed upon our minds, with out a violation of those sensele unities."- Seward , let. jii., p. 243. 2. Zool .: Adaptable for progre ive or forward motion. B. As substantive: Arch.: Steps from a cloister into a church. grăd-dạn, v. t. [GRADDAN, 8.] To parch ordry. "At breakfast this morning, among a profusion of other things, there were oat-cakes, made of what is called grad daned meal, that is, meal made of grain separated from the husks, and toasted by fire, instead of being threshed and kiln-dried."-Boswell: Tour, p. 190.