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Definitions for: Preparative [adj] preceding and preparing for something; "preparatory steps"
Webster (1913) Definition: Pre*par"a*tive, a. [Cf. F. pr['e]paratif.]
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, n.
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.
Synonyms: preceding(a), preparatory, propaedeutic
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