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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


preparative

preparative

See also: préparative

English

Adjective

preparative (comparative more preparative, superlative most preparative)

  1. That serves to prepare something
    preparative chromatography
  2. preliminary or preparatory
    preparative discussions

Noun

preparative (plural preparatives)

  1. Something to be done in preparation; a preliminary
    • Dryden
      Necessary preparatives for our voyage.
    • Hooker
      A preparative unto sermons.
    • Herman Melville
      All wars are boyish, and are fought by boys, / The champions and enthusiasts of the state: / Turbid ardors and vain joys / Not barrenly abate— / Stimulants to the power mature, / Preparatives of fate.

Italian

Adjective

preparative

  1. Feminine plural form of preparativo

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