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▪ I. † ˈpreparate, ppl. a. Obs.
Also 4–6 -at.
[ad. L. præparāt-us, pa. pple. of præparāre to prepare.]
Prepared. (Const. as pa. pple.)
c1386Chaucer Can. Yeom. Prol. & T. 257 Sal tartre Alkaly and sal preparat. 1460–70Bk. Quintessence 5 Birie it al in hors dounge, preparate as it is seid hereafter. 1513Bradshaw St. Werburge i. 3073 All thynges were redy preparate. 1575Turberv. Venerie 225 Two drams and a halfe of scamony preparat in white vineger.
▪ II. † ˈpreparate, v. Obs.
[f. ppl. stem of L. præparāre to prepare: see -ate3.]
trans. To prepare (esp. a drug or compound); to make a preparation of. Hence † ˈpreparated ppl. a.
1460–70Bk. Quintessence 8 Who so coude reparale and preparate kyndely þis fier. 1569R. Androse tr. Alexis' Secr. iv. i. 15 Into which is put a little of preperated Tutia. Ibid. ii. 54 In like maner preperate Oripigment. |