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Preparation \Prep`a*ra"tion\, n. [F. pr['e]paration, L.
praeparatio. See {Prepare}.]
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1. The act of preparing or fitting beforehand for a
particular purpose, use, service, or condition; previous
arrangement or adaptation; a making ready; as, the
preparation of land for a crop of wheat; the preparation
of troops for a campaign.
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2. The state of being prepared or made ready; preparedness;
readiness; fitness; as, a nation in good preparation for
war.
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3. That which makes ready, prepares the way, or introduces; a
preparatory act or measure.
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I will show what preparations there were in nature
for this dissolution. --T. Burnet.
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4. That which is prepared, made, or compounded by a certain
process or for a particular purpose; a combination.
Specifically:
(a) Any medicinal substance fitted for use.
(b) Anything treated for preservation or examination as a
specimen.
(c) Something prepared for use in cookery.
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I wish the chemists had been more sparing who
magnify their preparations. --Sir T.
Browne.
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In the preparations of cookery, the most
volatile parts of vegetables are destroyed.
--Arbuthnot.
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5. An army or fleet. [Obs.] --Shak.
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6. (Mus.) The holding over of a note from one chord into the
next chord, where it forms a temporary discord, until
resolved in the chord that follows; the anticipation of a
discordant note in the preceding concord, so that the ear
is prepared for the shock. See {Suspension}.
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7. Accomplishment; qualification. [Obs.] --Shak.
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