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noun

Preparative n.

That which has the power of preparing, or previously fitting for a purpose; that which prepares. "A preparative unto sermons."

That which is done in the way of preparation. "Necessary preparatives for our voyage."

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Etymology of 'Preparative'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Preparative" Quotes from Famous Books

... opera that De Quincey conceived of the essay. It was to have its recitatives, its mediocre passages, the well and firmly handled parts of ordinary discourse. All comparatively unornamented matter was, however, but preparative to the lyric outburst,—the strophe and antistrophe of modulated song. In this conception of style others had preceded him,—Milton notably,—but only half consciously and not with sustained success. There could be no great English prose until the eighteenth century had trimmed ...

— Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 • Various

... tropic splendours, excited his imagination all the more because it blended with the thought of recovered freedom. Marriage had come upon him with unfair abruptness; for such a change as that, even the ordinary bachelor demands a season preparative; much more, then, the young man who revelled in a philosophic sense of detachment, who wrote his motto 'Vixi hodie!' For marriage he was simply unfit; forced together, he and his wife would soon be mutually detestable. A temporary parting might mature in the hearts of both ...

— In the Year of Jubilee • George Gissing

Words linked to "Preparative" : propaedeutic, preceding