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Webster 1913 Edition


Preparative

Pre-par′a-tive

,
Adj.
[Cf. F.
préparatif
.]
Tending to prepare or make ready; having the power of preparing, qualifying, or fitting; preparatory.
Laborious quest of knowledge
preparative
to this work.
South.

Pre-par′a-tive

,
Noun.
1.
That which has the power of preparing, or previously fitting for a purpose; that which prepares.
“A preparative unto sermons.”
Hooker.
2.
That which is done in the way of preparation.
“Necessary preparatives for our voyage.”
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition


Preparative

PREPAR'ATIVE

,
Adj.
Tending to prepare or make ready; having the power of preparing, qualifying or fitting for any thing; preparatory.
He spent much time in quest of knowledge preparative to this work.

PREPAR'ATIVE

,
Noun.
That which has the power of preparing or previously fitting for a purpose; that which prepares.
Resolvedness in sin can with no reason be imagined a preparative to remission.
1.
That which is done to prevent an evil or secure some good.
The miseries we suffer may be preparative of future blessings.
2.
Preparation; as, to make the necessary preparatives for a voyage.

Definition 2024


préparative

préparative

See also: preparative

French

Adjective

préparative

  1. feminine singular of préparatif