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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.
He spent much time in quest of knowledge preparative to this work.
PREPAR'ATIVE
,Noun.
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.