pre·par·a·tive /prɪˈpærətɪv/
(a.)準備的,預備的預備,準備,準備的信號
Pre·par·a·tive a. Tending to prepare or make ready; having the power of preparing, qualifying, or fitting; preparatory.
Laborious quest of knowledge preparative to this work. -- South.
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.”
2. That which is done in the way of preparation. “Necessary preparatives for our voyage.”
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preparative
adj : preceding and preparing for something; "preparatory steps"
[syn: preparatory, propaedeutic]