preparative
[pri-par-uh-tiv, -pair-]
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- something that prepares.
- a preparation.
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Origin of preparative
1400–50; late Middle English preparatif < Middle French < Medieval Latin praeparātīvus. See preparation, -ive
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preparatoryinauguralpreviouspreliminaryanteriorbasicbeginningearlyelementaryincipientinitialopeningoriginalprefatoryprimarypriorprovisionalrudimentaryinitiatoryinductiveExamples from the Web for preparative
Historical Examples
But the preparative for a public appearance is not yet complete.
Every thing that met the eye in Paris was a preparative for war.
Worming is generally resorted to as a preparative for serving.
The Sailor's Word-BookWilliam Henry Smyth
This action is also a preparative to a renewal of the gracious experience.
My Daily Meditation for the Circling YearJohn Henry Jowett
May not this stage of being then be only an introduction to a preparative for another?
Life And Adventures Of Peter Wilkins, Vol. I. (of II.)Robert Paltock
preparative
- serving to prepare; preparatory
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- something that prepares
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