- 1. a. Tending to prepare or make ready; having the power of preparing, qualifying, or fitting; preparatory. Source: opted
- 2. n. That which has the power of preparing, or previously fitting for a purpose; that which prepares. Source: opted
- 3. n. That which is done in the way of preparation. Source: opted
- 4. adj. preceding and preparing for something Source: wordnet
- 5. Tending to prepare or make ready; having the power of preparing, qualifying, or fitting; preparatory. Laborious quest of knowledge preparative to this work. South. 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. Source: webster
- 6. Tending to prepare or make ready; having the power ofpreparing, qualifying, or fitting; preparatory.Laborious quest of knowledge preparative to this work. South. Source: adambom
- 7. s preceding and preparing for something Source: ecdict
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