Hypertext Webster Gateway: "preparative"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Preparative \Pre*par"a*tive\, a. [Cf. F. pr['e]paratif.]
Tending to prepare or make ready; having the power of
preparing, qualifying, or fitting; preparatory.
Laborious quest of knowledge preparative to this work.
-- South.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Preparative \Pre*par"a*tive\, n.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
preparative
adj : preceding and preparing for something; "preparatory steps"
[syn: {preparatory}, {propaedeutic}]
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