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preparate

preparate verb: to prepare.

Verb

preparate (third-person singular simple present preparates, present participle preparating, simple past and past participle preparated)

  1. (rare, obsolete or non-native speakers' English) To prepare.
    • In like maner preperate Oripigment.1569, R. Androse, translation of Alexius Pedemontanus' Secretes, volume 4th, ii, page 54
    • Notes about the materials required and methods used to preparate the adjuvant.2000, Trends in Biotechnol, volume 18 511/3

Adjective

preparate (comparative more preparate, superlative most preparate)

  1. (rare) prepared
    • All thynges, were redy preparate.circa 1513, Henry Bradshaw (poet), Lyfe of St. Werburge (1521), volume i.xxix. sig. k.ii
    • Finally the cat extended a preparate paw for the kill.1947, Malcolm Lowry, “v. 140”, in Under the Volcano

Forms of preparate

Verb
third-person singular presentpreparates
present participlepreparating
past participlepreparated
pastpreparated
Adjective
comparativemore preparate
superlativemost preparate

Origin of preparate

From Middle English preparaten, from preparat + -en, from Medieval Latin preparātus, perfect passive participle of preparō. Equivalent to prepare + -ate (verb-forming suffix). In some recent uses, probably back-formation from preparation. Compare prepare, from Middle French.

From Middle English preparat, from Medieval Latin preparātus. See -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Questions about preparate

What does preparate mean?
Preparate means to prepare.
What part of speech is preparate?
Preparate can be a verb or an adjective.
What is the past tense of preparate?
The past tense of preparate is preparated.

Words near preparate in the dictionary

  1. preparade
  2. preparadigmatic
  3. preparalytic
  4. preparasitic
  5. preparasubthalamic
  6. preparate
  7. preparated
  8. preparates
  9. preparating
  10. preparation
  11. preparation room

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