Hypertext Webster Gateway: "preparatory"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Preparatory \Pre*par"a*to*ry\, a. [L. praeparatorius: cf. F.
pr['e]paratoire.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
preparatory
adj : preceding and preparing for something; "preparatory steps"
[syn: {preparative}, {propaedeutic}]
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