Defn: Tending to prepare or make ready; having the power of preparing, qualifying, or fitting; preparatory. Laborious quest of knowledge preparative to this work. South.
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.
PREPARATIVELY
Pre*par"a*tive*ly, adv.
Defn: By way of preparation.
PREPARATOR
Pre*par"a*tor, n. Etym: [L. praeparator.]
Defn: One who prepares beforehand, as subjects for dissection, specimens for preservation in collections, etc. Agassiz.
PREPARATORY
Pre*par"a*to*ry, a. Etym: [L. praeparatorius: cf. F. préparatoire.]
Defn: 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.