English-Thai Dictionary
preparative
A เกี่ยวกับ การ เตรียมการ
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
PREPARATIVE
a.Tending to prepare or make ready; having the power of preparing, qualifying or fitting for any thing; preparatory. He spent much time in quest of knowledge preparative to this work.
PREPARATIVE
n.That which has the power of preparing or previously fitting for a purpose; that which prepares. Resolvedness in sin can with no reason be imagined a preparative to remission.
1. That which is done to prevent an evil or secure some good.
The miseries we suffer may be preparative of future blessings.
2. Preparation; as, to make the necessary preparatives for a voyage.
PREPARATIVELY
adv. By way of preparation.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PREPARATIVE
Pre *par "a *tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. préparatif. ]
Defn: 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
PREPARATIVE 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." Hooker.
2. That which is done in the way of preparation. "Necessary preparatives for our voyage. " Dryden.
PREPARATIVELY
PREPARATIVELY Pre *par "a *tive *ly, adv.
Defn: By way of preparation.
New American Oxford Dictionary
preparative
pre par a tive |prēˈpe (ə )rətiv, -ˈpar- priˈpɛrədɪv | ▶adjective preparatory. ▶noun a thing that acts as a preparation: schools where parents send children as a preparative for worldly success. DERIVATIVES pre par a tive ly adverb
Oxford Dictionary
preparative
pre |para |tive |prɪˈparətɪv | ▶adjective preparatory. ▶noun a preparatory act, procedure, or circumstance. DERIVATIVES preparatively adverb
The Wordsmith Dictionary