n. He who, or that which, accommodates. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Supplying amendment; corrective; emendatory. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ LL. arendator, arrendator, fr. arendare, arrendare, to pay rent, fr. arenda yearly rent; ad + renda, F. rente, E. rent. Cf. Arrentation and Rent. ] In some provinces of Russia, one who farms the rents or revenues. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ A person who rents an estate belonging to the crown is called crown arendator. Tooke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Mandatory; as, commandatory authority. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. ] One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary. Chalmers. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. commendatorius. ] 1. Serving to commend; containing praise or commendation; commending; praising. “Commendatory verses.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Holding a benefice in commendam; as, a commendatory bishop. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Commendatory prayer (Book of Common Prayer), a prayer read over the dying. “The commendatory prayer was said for him, and, as it ended, he [ William III. ] died.” Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A commendation; eulogy. [ R. ] “Commendatories to our affection.” Sharp. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From. Gr. &unr_; to divide + -lite; in allusion to the granular structure of a massive variety. ] (Min.) A borosilicate of lime commonly occuring in glassy, greenish crystals. [ Written also datholite. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. depraedator. ] One who plunders or pillages; a spoiler; a robber. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending or designed to depredate; characterized by depredation; plundering; as, a depredatory incursion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. dilapidateur. ] One who causes dilapidation. Strype. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who explains or elucidates; an expositor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to elucidate; elucidative. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] One who emends or critically edits. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. emendatorius. ] Pertaining to emendation; corrective. “Emendatory criticism.” Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Feudatory. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Feudatories A tenant or vassal who held his lands of a superior on condition of feudal service; the tenant of a feud or fief. [ 1913 Webster ]

The grantee . . . was styled the feudatory or vassal. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ He ] had for feudatories great princes. J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Held from another on some conditional tenure; as, a feudatory title. Bacon.

a. [ See Grade. ] 1. Proceeding step by step, or by gradations; gradual. [ 1913 Webster ]

Could we have seen [ Macbeth's ] crimes darkening on their progress . . . could this gradatory apostasy have been shown us. A. Seward. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Suitable for walking; -- said of the limbs of an animal when adapted for walking on land. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. LL. gradatarium. ] (Arch.) A series of steps from a cloister into a church. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. "y`dwr, "y`datos, water + -oid. ] (Anat.) Resembling water; watery; aqueous; hyaloid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending or serving to intimidate. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. ] 1. One who lauds. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) An arbitrator. [ Obs. ] Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. laudatorius: cf. OF. laudatoire. ] Of or pertaining praise, or to the expression of praise; as, laudatory verses; the laudatory powers of Dryden. Sir J. Stephen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. liquidateur. ] 1. One who, or that which, liquidates. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An officer appointed to conduct the winding up of a company, to bring and defend actions and suits in its name, and to do all necessary acts on behalf of the company. [ Eng. ] Mozley & W. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. ] 1. A director; one who gives a mandate or order. Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Rom. Law) The person who employs another to perform a mandate. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Mandatary. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. mandatorius. ] 1. Containing a command; preceptive; directory. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Obligatory; compulsory; required by authority. [ PJC ]

3. (Law) Not optional; not able to be modified or disregarded; as, seven mandatory clauses in the contract. [ PJC ]

a. [ L. mundatorius. ] Cleansing; having power to cleanse. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. myda^n to be clammy (from decay) + toxic + in. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A poisonous amido acid, C6H13NO2, separated by Brieger from decaying horseflesh. In physiological action, it is similar to curare. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An oxidizer. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A contrivance for causing a current of air to impinge on the flame of the Argand lamp; -- called also oxygenator. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a predatory manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. praedatorius, fr. praedari to plunder, fr. praeda prey. See Prey. ] 1. Characterized by plundering; practicing rapine; plundering; pillaging; as, a predatory excursion; a predatory party. “A predatory war.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hungry; ravenous; as, predatory spirits. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Exercise . . . maketh the spirits more hot and predatory. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) Living by preying upon other animals; carnivorous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to prefecundation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Serving to recommend; recommending; commendatory. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Sudatoria [ L. ] A sudatory. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. sudatorius, fr. sudare to sweat: cf. F. sudatoire. See Sweat. ] Sweating; perspiring. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Sudatories [ L. sudatorium. ] A bagnio; a sweating bath; a vapor bath. [ 1913 Webster ]

These sudatories are much in request for many infirmities. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to transudation; passing by transudation. [ 1913 Webster ]