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Webster 1913 Edition

Preparative

Pre-par′a-tive

,
Adj.
[Cf. F.
préparatif
.]
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

,
Noun.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Preparative

PREPAR'ATIVE

,
Adj.
Tending to prepare or make ready; having the power of preparing, qualifying or fitting for any thing; preparatory.
He spent much time in quest of knowledge preparative to this work.

PREPAR'ATIVE

,
Noun.
That which has the power of preparing or previously fitting for a purpose; that which prepares.
Resolvedness in sin can with no reason be imagined a preparative to remission.
1.
That which is done to prevent an evil or secure some good.
The miseries we suffer may be preparative of future blessings.
2.
Preparation; as, to make the necessary preparatives for a voyage.

Definition 2024

preparative

preparative

See also: préparative

English

Adjective

preparative ‎(comparative more preparative, superlative most preparative)

  1. That serves to prepare something
    preparative chromatography
  2. preliminary or preparatory
    preparative discussions

Noun

preparative ‎(plural preparatives)

  1. Something to be done in preparation; a preliminary
    • Dryden
      Necessary preparatives for our voyage.
    • Hooker
      A preparative unto sermons.
    • Herman Melville
      All wars are boyish, and are fought by boys, / The champions and enthusiasts of the state: / Turbid ardors and vain joys / Not barrenly abate— / Stimulants to the power mature, / Preparatives of fate.

Italian

Adjective

preparative

  1. Feminine plural form of preparativo

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