preparative Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite preceding and preparing for something
    preparatory; propaedeutic.
    • preparatory steps

WordNet

Pre*par"a*tive adjective
Etymology
Cf. F. préparatif.
Definitions
  1. 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 noun
Definitions
  1. That which has the power of preparing, or previously fitting for a purpose; that which prepares. "A preparative unto sermons." Hooker.
  2. That which is done in the way of preparation. "Necessary preparatives for our voyage." Dryden.

Webster 1913