Meanings
preparate1
present singular third person preparates · participle present preparating · participle past preparated · past preparated
- rareobsolete or non-native speakers' EnglishTo prepare.
In like maner preperate Oripigment.
1569, R. Androse, translation of Alexius Pedemontanus' Secretes, volume 4th, ii, page 541 more example
Notes about the materials required and methods used to preparate the adjuvant.
2000, Trends in Biotechnol, volume 18 511/3
preparate2
comparative more preparate · superlative most preparate
- rareprepared
All thynges, were redy preparate.
circa 1513, Henry Bradshaw (poet), Lyfe of St. Werburge (1521), volume i.xxix. sig. k.ii1 more example
Finally the cat extended a preparate paw for the kill.
1947, Malcolm Lowry, “v. 140”, in Under the Volcano
Origin
preparate · verb
- Medieval Latinpreparātus
- Middle Englishpreparaten
- Englishpreparate
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.
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Full word history & related roots →preparate · adjective
- Medieval Latinpreparātus
- Middle Englishpreparat
- Englishpreparate
From Middle English preparat, from Medieval Latin preparātus. See -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
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Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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