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Webster 1913 Edition
Preparatory
Pre-par′a-to-ry
,Adj.
[L.
praeparatorius
: cf. F. préparatoire
.] Preparing the way for anything by previous measures of adaptation; antecedent and adapted to what follows; introductory; preparative;
as, a
preparatory
school; a preparatory
condition.Webster 1828 Edition
Preparatory
PREPAR'ATORY
, a.1.
Previously necessary; useful or qualifying; preparing the way for any thing by previous measures of adaptation. The practice of virtue and piety is preparatory to the happiness of heaven.2.
Introductory; previous; antecedent and adapted to what follows.