'Preparative' definitions:
Definition of 'preparative'
From: WordNet
adjective
Preceding and preparing for something; "preparatory steps" [syn: preparatory, preparative, propaedeutic]
Definition of 'Preparative'
From: GCIDE
- Preparative \Pre*par"a*tive\, a. [Cf. F. pr['e]paratif.] Tending to prepare or make ready; having the power of preparing, qualifying, or fitting; preparatory. [1913 Webster]
- Laborious quest of knowledge preparative to this work. -- South. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Preparative'
From: GCIDE
- Preparative \Pre*par"a*tive\, n. [1913 Webster]
- 1. That which has the power of preparing, or previously fitting for a purpose; that which prepares. "A preparative unto sermons." --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which is done in the way of preparation. "Necessary preparatives for our voyage." --Dryden. [1913 Webster]