préparatoire, n.m. and adj., preparative, preliminary, preparatory.
préparer, v.a., to prepare, to dispose, to fit; to provide; to make ready; to dress; (agri.) to till; (fig.) to break (news) to. — les voies à quelqu’un; to pave the way for any one.
se préparer, v.r., to prepare for one’s self, to prépare one’s self, to get ready. Se — pour un voyage; to get ready for a journey. Se — au combat; to prepare for battle. Préparez-vous à le recevoir; prepare to meet him. Voilà un orage qui se prépare; there is a storm brewing.
prépondérance, n.f., preponderance, sway.
prépondérant, -e, adj., preponderant, prevailing; convincing. Voix —e; casting-vote.
préposé, n.m., custom, or excise, officer; overseer, superintendent.
préposer, v.a., to set (over), to charge (with), to intrust (to); to appoint, to commit; to put forward, to set up; to depute.
prépositi-f, -ve, adj., (gram.) prepositive.
préposition, n.f., (gram.) preposition.
prépuce, n.m., prepuce, foreskin.