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PREPARATIVE

\pɹɪpˈaɹətˌɪv], \pɹɪpˈaɹətˌɪv], \p_ɹ_ɪ_p_ˈa_ɹ_ə_t_ˌɪ_v]\

Definitions of PREPARATIVE

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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Tending to prepare or make ready; having the power of preparing, qualifying, or fitting; preparatory.
That which is done in the way of preparation.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Tending to make ready or fit; preparatory.
That which is ready; a making ready.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Having the power of preparing or making ready: fitting for anything.
That which prepares: preparation.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Tending to prepare.
That which prepares.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

See preparator.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

n. That which has the power of preparing ; that which prepares ;-that which is done to prepare ; preparation.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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