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Webster 1913 Edition
Preparer
Pre-par′er
,Noun.
One who, or that which, prepares, fits, or makes ready.
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Webster 1828 Edition
Preparer
PREPA'RER
,Noun.
1.
One that provides.2.
That which fits or makes suitable; as, certain manures are preparers of land for particular crops.Definition 2024
preparer
preparer
See also: préparer
English
Noun
preparer (plural preparers)
References
- preparer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Middle French
Etymology
From Classical Latin praeparāre (“make ready in advance”), from prae- (“pre-”) + parāre (“make ready”).
Verb
preparer
- to prepare
- 1593, Henri IV, Lettres Missives:
- Je me prepare d'aller secourir Fescamp contre les efforts que Villars continue d'y faire
- 1593, Henri IV, Lettres Missives:
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of preparer
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | preparer | avoir preparé | |||||
| gerund | en preparant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | preparant | ||||||
| past participle | preparé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | prepare | prepares | prepare | preparons | preparez | preparent |
| imperfect | preparois, preparoys | preparois, preparoys | preparoit, preparoyt | preparions, preparyons | prepariez, preparyez | preparoient, preparoyent | |
| past historic | prepara | preparas | prepara | preparasmes | preparastes | preparerent | |
| future | preparerai, prepareray | prepareras | preparera | preparerons | preparerez | prepareront | |
| conditional | preparerois, prepareroys | preparerois, prepareroys | prepareroit, prepareroyt | preparerions, prepareryons | prepareriez, prepareryez | prepareroient, prepareroyent | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | prepare | prepares | prepare | preparons | preparez | preparent |
| imperfect | preparasse | preparasses | preparast | preparassions | preparassiez | preparassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | prepare | — | preparons | preparez | — | ||
Descendants
- English: prepare (borrowed)