(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:12:41

Pre*par"a*to*ry (?), a. [L. praeparatorius: cf. F. pr'eparatoire.]

Preparing the way for anything by previous measures of adaptation; antecedent and adapted to what follows; introductory; preparative; as, a preparatory school; a preparatory condition.

 

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