different between preparative vs prelusory

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p???pæ??t?v/

Adjective

preparative (comparative more preparative, superlative most preparative)

1. That serves to prepare something

   preparative chromatography

2. preliminary or preparatory

   preparative discussions

Derived terms

• micropreparative

Noun

preparative (plural preparatives)

1. Something to be done in preparation; a preliminary
   • 1695, John Dryden (translator), Observations on the Art of Painting by Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy

     necessary preparatives for our voyage

   • 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie

     a preparative unto sermons

   • 1866, Herman Melville, Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War/The March into Virginia

     All wars are boyish, and are fought by boys, / The champions and enthusiasts of the state: / Turbid ardors and vain joys / Not barrenly abate— / Stimulants to the power mature, / Preparatives of fate.

Italian

Adjective

preparative

1. feminine plural of preparativo

Anagrams

• preparatevi

English

Adjective

prelusory (not comparable)

1. introductory; prelusive
   • 1604, Francis Bacon, Certain Considerations touching the better pacification and Edification of the Church of England

     prelusory judgment

Anagrams

• repulsory