preparative
[pri-par-uh-tiv, -pair-]
adjective
noun
something that prepares.
a preparation.
Origin of preparative
1400–50; late Middle English preparatif < Middle French < Medieval Latin praeparātīvus. See preparation, -ive
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Related Words for preparative
preparatory, inaugural, previous, preliminary, anterior, basic, beginning, early, elementary, incipient, initial, opening, original, prefatory, primary, prior, provisional, rudimentary, initiatory, inductiveExamples from the Web for preparative
Historical Examples of preparative
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
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