Crossword clues for preparative
preparative
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Laborious quest of knowledge preparative to this work. -- South.
Preparative \Pre*par"a*tive\, n.
That which has the power of preparing, or previously fitting for a purpose; that which prepares. ``A preparative unto sermons.''
--Hooker.That which is done in the way of preparation. ``Necessary preparatives for our voyage.''
--Dryden.
Wiktionary
a. 1 That serves to prepare something 2 preliminary or preparatory n. Something to be done in preparation; a preliminary
WordNet
adj. preceding and preparing for something; "preparatory steps" [syn: preparatory, propaedeutic]
Usage examples of "preparative".
But almost everybody supposed that this particular preparative heedfulness in Ahab must only be with a view to the ultimate chase of Moby Dick.