PREPARATIVE (2)
Source: 566, 567
preparative (2). Preparative, a. able or tending to prepare
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Pre‐par″a‐tive, n. 1. 1. That which has the power of preparing, or previously fitting for a purpose; that which prepares. “A preparative unto sermons.” Hooker.
2. 2. That which is done in the way of preparation. “Necessary preparatives for our voyage.” Dryden.