What does preparative mean?
Definitions for preparative
prɪˈpær ə tɪv, -ˈpɛər-prepar·a·tive
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Princeton's WordNet
preparatory, preparative, propaedeuticadjective
preceding and preparing for something
"preparatory steps"
Wiktionary
preparativeadjective
That serves to prepare something
preparative chromatography
preparativeadjective
preliminary or preparatory
preparative discussions
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Preparativeadjective
Having the power of preparing or qualifying.
Etymology: preparatis, Fr. from prepare.
Would men have spent toilsome days and watchful nights in the laborious quest of knowledge preparative to this work. Robert South, Sermons.
Preparativenoun
Etymology: preparatif, Fr. from prepare.
They tell us the profit of reading is singular, in that it serveth for a preparative unto sermons. Richard Hooker.
My book of advancement of learning may be some preparative or key for the better opening of the instauration. Francis Bacon.
Resolvedness in sin can, with no reason, be imagined a preparative to remission. Decay of Piety.
The miseries, which have ensued, may be yet, through thy mercy, preparatives to us of future blessings. Charles I .
Such a temper is a contradiction to repentance, as being founded in the destruction of those qualities, which are the only dispositions and preparatives to it. Robert South, Sermons.
What avails it to make all the necessary preparatives for our voyage, if we do not actually begin the journey. Dryden.
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preparative
Preparative generally refers to something related to the process of preparing, organizing, or making ready. In a scientific context, particularly chemistry, it often refers to procedures or methods used to synthesize, isolate, or purify chemical compounds.
Webster Dictionary
Preparativeadjective
tending to prepare or make ready; having the power of preparing, qualifying, or fitting; preparatory
Preparativenoun
that which has the power of preparing, or previously fitting for a purpose; that which prepares
Preparativenoun
that which is done in the way of preparation
Etymology: [Cf. F. prparatif.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of preparative in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of preparative in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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