preparatoryn.adj.adv.

Brit.

/prᵻˈparət(ə)ri/, U.S.

/priˈpɛrəˌtɔri/,

/prəˈpɛrəˌtɔri/

Forms: late Middle English preperatory, late Middle English– preparatory, 1500s–1700s preparatorie, 1600s prepretory (Scottish).

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin preparatorium; Latin praeparātōrius.

Etymology: As noun partly < post-classical Latin preparatorium preparatory agent (a1200 in a British source), preparation, preliminary (from c1240 in British sources), (in plural) anatomical structures in which some preparatory physiological process is carried on (1363 in Chauliac), use as noun of neuter of classical Latin praeparātōrius , adjective (see below), and partly (in later use) < the adjective. As adjective < classical Latin praeparātōrius that serves to prepare (2nd cent. a.d. in legal texts) < praeparāt- , past participial stem of praeparāre prepare v. + -ōrius -ory suffix². Compare Anglo-Norman preparatoirs (plural noun) preliminary negotiations (a1377 or earlier), Middle French preparatoire , French préparatoire (adjective) that prepares (1322 in Old French; the use in sense B. 2 is apparently not paralleled until later than in English: 1836), (noun) preliminary (a1385 or earlier, in legal use; usually in plural; now obsolete), and also Catalan preparatori (adjective) (14th cent.), Spanish preparatorio (noun) (early 15th cent. or earlier), Italian preparatorio (1454 as noun (now obsolete), c1630 as adjective).With sense B. 2 compare later prep n.² 2, prep school n. With use as adverb compare earlier preparatorily adv., preparatively adv.

A. n.

†1.

a. In plural. Anatomical structures in which some preparatory physiological process is carried on. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Hunterian) f. 62 For as þe veynes þat ben cleped miseraice ben preparatories [?a1425 N.Y. Acad. Med. preperatoriez; ?c1425 Paris arrayers; L. preparatoria] off þe digestioun of þe liuer, in þe same maner is þe mouþ of þe stomake.

b. In plural. (Perhaps) troops in the vanguard. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

a1500 Let. Alexander l. 42 in Mediaeval Stud. (1979) 41 119 Darius, the kyng of Perse, at Gages dide do examyne above and indictioun taken of al his Regioun. With our ordynaries and preparatories [L. praeparatores] we han purposed of thest provinces and many Roial tovnes saide.

a. An act, procedure, or circumstance that prepares the way for, or is performed in preparation for, something else; a preliminary; = preparative n. 1b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [noun] > a) preparation(s)

preparationsc1390

preparativea1450

preparatory1577

preparado1610

bundobust1776

arrangement1786

build-up1927

warm-up1943

run-up1961

loosener1987

1577 W. Fulke Two Treat. against Papistes ii. i. xii. 159 That Ambrose that writ the preparatory to masse, might be afferd of purgatory, & of tormenting by deuils also.

1620 N. Brent tr. P. Sarpi Hist. Councel of Trent v. 420 Hee..would bee sure of the necessary preparatories, that the desired fruit might succeede.

1691 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. 196 This Dispensation of Life is the best Preparatory for Heaven.

1785 J. Trusler Mod. Times I. 105 To a villain it was a good preparatory to his arraignment at the Old Bailey.

1824 R. Southey Bk. of Church (1841) 321 After these preparatories the fiery process began.

1924 M. J. Moses Representative Continental Dramas 667 As a preparatory for a survey of the Continental Drama, the reader is advised to consult the following general works.

1935 Times 13 Dec. 19/6 It is one of the fundamental preparatories, to be carried out between Michaelmas and New Year.

2002 Lexington (Kentucky) Herald Leader (Nexis) 14 Apr. a1 The Florida Derby winner cemented his star status with a convincing 4½-length victory over pesky rival Booklet, on the last Super Saturday of preparatories for the Super Saturday.

†b. Medicine. = preparative n. 1a. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > [noun] > preparatory medicines

preparativea1400

preparer1610

preparatory1676

premedication1920

premedicant1929

preanaesthetic1930

pre-med1964

1676 T. Guidott Disc. Bathe xiv. 117 The Cure will be facilitated..if the Water be drank, or used by Clyster,..before they are advised, which will be a good preparatory to other Remedies.

1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters iii. 164 The simplest and best preparatory..is..water.

a. U.S. A student at a preparatory school. Cf. sense B. 3. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > learner > one attending school > [noun] > primary or prep school pupil

primarian1858

prep1863

preparatory1873

primary1908

preppy1928

1873 J. H. Raymond Vassar Coll. 73 The number of collegiates proper, as distinguished from both specials and preparatories, has also steadily increased.

1911 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 24 Dec. b5/5 (headline) Canastota's team. Pronounced good, even by the preparatories of Syracuse.

b. A preparatory school.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > place of education > school > [noun] > primary school

under-school1629

primer schoola1680

proseminary1774

primary school1792

dame-schoola1817

pettya1827

ma'am-school1838

elementary school1841

primary1851

prep school1862

minding-school1864

junior school1871

tother school1881

marm school1889

preparatory1904

terakoya1909

prep1924

prepper1956

1904 Washington Post 1 Oct. 8/5 In their first football contest of the season, Georgetown Preparatory played the Western High School team a 0–0 game.

1907 Athenæum 20 Apr. 472/1 He ought to have attacked..the ‘preparatories’ where the little dears have Turkey carpets for their small feet and port for their small stomachs.

1969 Valley News (Van Nuys, Calif.) 12 Dec. (East Valley ed.) 19 a/3 (caption) Proceeds from event..will go to Student Resource Center at Chaminade College Preparatory in Canoga Park.

2005 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 24 June 21 This part of the county is also well blessed with good school choices, some well-known preparatories, Shrewsbury, Wrekin College, [etc.].

B. adj.

1. That prepares or serves to prepare for something following; preliminary, introductory.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [adjective]

preparatory1442

preparative1530

preparing1606

provisional1619

preliminary1650

parasceuological1671

parasceuastic1672

prep1839

the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [adjective] > preliminary or introductory

preparatory1442

proemial1447

isagogicala1529

liminary1603

inducing1605

prelusive1605

preambling1608

prefatory?c1622

ushering1628

preambulary1630

inductory1632

introductive1638

prelusory1638

preambulous1646

preambular1647

preludial1647

preliminary1650

prefacive1651

preludious1651

introitory1652

prodromous1652

introductory1660

superliminary1675

exordiala1682

prodrome1682

prodromal1716

premisory1844

prefatiala1848

inductive1868

prolusory1868

inleading1889

prodromic1891

1442 in A. H. Thompson Visitations Relig. Houses Diocese Lincoln (1927) III. 230 Our [in]quisicyone preparatory.

1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) (1859) 99 This feste was but as an assaye and preparatory as an exampler to these other feestes.

1593 R. Cosin Apol. for Sundrie Proc. (rev. ed.) ii. vii. 55 Generall Enquiry is precedent as a preparatorie course to make way vnto the Iudges Office of proceeding by speciall Enquirie against such, as thereby shall be detected, denounced, & presented.

1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar iii. xv Considerations of some preparatory accidents before the entrance of Jesus into his Passion.

1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica ii. i. 152 The Sun and Moon alone..cannot be the Causes preparatory or determinant of a Showre.

1745 J. Mason Treat. Self-knowl. i. viii. 67 The previous Steps and preparatory Circumstances.

1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xv. 136 [He] had indeed swallowed a preparatory glass of punch.

1868 F. A. G. Ouseley Treat. Harmony (1875) iv. 61 The leading note would be simply a preparatory note, introducing a Scale of the compass of a hexachord.

1948 G. D. H. Bell Cultivated Plants Farm xii. 112 (Plate 20) Sugar beet is both a cash crop and cleaning crop, and preparatory cultivations before sowing are carefully carried out by good growers.

1968 ‘A. D'Arcangelo’ Homosexual Handbk. 110 All that kissing and licking is really just a preparatory sort of warm-up.

2004 Radio Times 29 May (Midlands ed.) 85/2 Only a month earlier, four times that number had died participating in a preparatory exercise named Operation Tiger.

2. In the United Kingdom (now typically with reference to private education): designating a junior school or type of schooling in which pupils are prepared for a higher school or college. In the United States: designating a (usually private) school or type of schooling in which pupils are prepared for college entrance. Esp. in preparatory school (see also prep school n.).

ΘΚΠ

society > education > place of education > school > [adjective] > preparatory

petty1555

preparatory?1649

society > education > place of education > school > [adjective] > preparatory > preparing students for college entrance

preparatory?1649

?1649 J. Dury Reformed School 62 An Order of taskes must be observed in the preparatorie School [i.e. one for pupils aged five to nine years], aswell as in the other following.

1749 J. Jones Free & Candid Disquisitions Church of Eng. x. 166 If our preparatory schools (public and private) were what they ought to be, seminaries of a truly religious education.

1822 M. Edgeworth Let. 23 Jan. (1971) 328 Mr. Malthus and Dr. Batten declared that they should prefer having a boy sent to them from the Charter-House to having him from any lesser preparatory school.

1848 Indiana Gen. Assembly Doc. (1849) II. 279 Connected with the Institution is a flourishing Grammar School, which serves the double purpose of a Normal School and a Preparatory Department.

a1850 W. Wordsworth Excursion (rev. ed.) in Wks. (1857) VI. (Notes dictated to Miss Fenwick) 7 I have now one of this class in my eye who became an usher in a preparatory school and ended in making a large fortune.

1879 Scribner's Monthly Dec. 207 The Johns Hopkins is seeking..to penetrate downward into the preparatory schools.

1903 World's Work Sept. 3884/1 The preparatory school..take[s] boys from twelve to fourteen years of age to fit them in from three to six years for entrance to our best colleges.

1924 Granta 25 Apr. 361/2 At the age of eight, he arrived at his Preparatory School, ‘The Wick’, in Sussex.

1963 Higher Educ.: Rep. Comm. under Ld. Robbins 148 in Parl. Papers 1962–3 (Cmnd. 2154) XI. 639 The creation of separate junior or preparatory colleges to undertake the later stages of sixth form work and the first year of university work.

1976 Southern Evening Echo (Southampton) 6 Nov. (Advt. Suppl.) 7/6 Resident matron required for January for Boys' Preparatory School.

1993 Times Educ. Suppl. 5 Mar. (Review Suppl.) 5/5 It is entirely unrealistic to see state primary education as if it were private preparatory schooling.

2005 Educ. Week 23 Mar. 3 Although not as expensive as traditional preparatory schools, Beacon Academy will not be completely free for students.

3. U.S. Designating a student at a preparatory school.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > learner > one attending school > [adjective] > primary or prep school pupil

preparatory1858

primary age1893

preppy1900

1858 Seventh Triennial Catal. of M'Kendree College 28 (table) Total in college classes 82. Preparatory students 90.

1898 Cosmos (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) 1 Feb. 59/2 Miss Bertha Swartz of Burlington, is a new preparatory student.

1912 School Rev. 20 460 They have also pledged themselves not..to allow their preparatory students to take any college courses.

1965 Eng. Stud. 46 464 Prepster not only denotes a preparatory student in collegiate slang but also a trainee.

2002 Jrnl. African Amer. Hist. 87 44 The Union Literary Society..was open to all preparatory students and was one of the longest, continuously operating, extracurricular organizations of its kind in the history of Afro-American higher education.

C. adv.

In or by way of preparation; as a preliminary. With to.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [adverb]

preparatively1602

preparatorilya1631

preparative1632

preparatorya1684

preparingly1683

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1649 (1955) II. 556 I receiv'd the B: Sacrament preparatory to my Journey.

1716 W. Kennet Let. 24 Nov. in J. H. Monk Life of R. Bentley (1830) xii. 332 The Caput..complain much of a breach of their privilege, that it was not laid before them preparatory to its being laid before the Senate.

1799 A. MacKenzie Let. 22 Aug. (1970) 497 What work you may have to do preparatory to repairing the Vessel I am no judge of.

1810 S. T. Coleridge Let. to T. Poole in Lett. (1895) 557 I will, preparatory to writing.., consider whether it can be treated popularly.

1878 A. Brassey Voy. Sunbeam xiv. 240 They were weighing it preparatory to sending it to town.

1908 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Green Gables ii. 14 The station-master locking up the ticket-office preparatory to going home for supper.

1938 E. Bowen Death of Heart ii. iii. 209 Mr. Thomas's books are out to be electric cleaned, preparatory to washing the shelves down.

1991 Chinese Med. Jrnl. 104 200/1 Grafts of 0.5–1.0 mm³ were..placed in lactated Ringer's solution preparatory to transplant.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	preparatory
释义	preparatoryn.adj.adv. Brit. /prᵻˈparət(ə)ri/, U.S. /priˈpɛrəˌtɔri/, /prəˈpɛrəˌtɔri/ Forms: late Middle English preperatory, late Middle English– preparatory, 1500s–1700s preparatorie, 1600s prepretory (Scottish). Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin preparatorium; Latin praeparātōrius. Etymology: As noun partly < post-classical Latin preparatorium preparatory agent (a1200 in a British source), preparation, preliminary (from c1240 in British sources), (in plural) anatomical structures in which some preparatory physiological process is carried on (1363 in Chauliac), use as noun of neuter of classical Latin praeparātōrius , adjective (see below), and partly (in later use) < the adjective. As adjective < classical Latin praeparātōrius that serves to prepare (2nd cent. a.d. in legal texts) < praeparāt- , past participial stem of praeparāre prepare v. + -ōrius -ory suffix². Compare Anglo-Norman preparatoirs (plural noun) preliminary negotiations (a1377 or earlier), Middle French preparatoire , French préparatoire (adjective) that prepares (1322 in Old French; the use in sense B. 2 is apparently not paralleled until later than in English: 1836), (noun) preliminary (a1385 or earlier, in legal use; usually in plural; now obsolete), and also Catalan preparatori (adjective) (14th cent.), Spanish preparatorio (noun) (early 15th cent. or earlier), Italian preparatorio (1454 as noun (now obsolete), c1630 as adjective).With sense B. 2 compare later prep n.² 2, prep school n. With use as adverb compare earlier preparatorily adv., preparatively adv. A. n. †1. a. In plural. Anatomical structures in which some preparatory physiological process is carried on. Obsolete. ΚΠ ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Hunterian) f. 62 For as þe veynes þat ben cleped miseraice ben preparatories [?a1425 N.Y. Acad. Med. preperatoriez; ?c1425 Paris arrayers; L. preparatoria] off þe digestioun of þe liuer, in þe same maner is þe mouþ of þe stomake. b. In plural. (Perhaps) troops in the vanguard. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1500 Let. Alexander l. 42 in Mediaeval Stud. (1979) 41 119 Darius, the kyng of Perse, at Gages dide do examyne above and indictioun taken of al his Regioun. With our ordynaries and preparatories [L. praeparatores] we han purposed of thest provinces and many Roial tovnes saide. 2. a. An act, procedure, or circumstance that prepares the way for, or is performed in preparation for, something else; a preliminary; = preparative n. 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [noun] > a) preparation(s) preparationsc1390 preparativea1450 preparatory1577 preparado1610 bundobust1776 arrangement1786 build-up1927 warm-up1943 run-up1961 loosener1987 1577 W. Fulke Two Treat. against Papistes ii. i. xii. 159 That Ambrose that writ the preparatory to masse, might be afferd of purgatory, & of tormenting by deuils also. 1620 N. Brent tr. P. Sarpi Hist. Councel of Trent v. 420 Hee..would bee sure of the necessary preparatories, that the desired fruit might succeede. 1691 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. 196 This Dispensation of Life is the best Preparatory for Heaven. 1785 J. Trusler Mod. Times I. 105 To a villain it was a good preparatory to his arraignment at the Old Bailey. 1824 R. Southey Bk. of Church (1841) 321 After these preparatories the fiery process began. 1924 M. J. Moses Representative Continental Dramas 667 As a preparatory for a survey of the Continental Drama, the reader is advised to consult the following general works. 1935 Times 13 Dec. 19/6 It is one of the fundamental preparatories, to be carried out between Michaelmas and New Year. 2002 Lexington (Kentucky) Herald Leader (Nexis) 14 Apr. a1 The Florida Derby winner cemented his star status with a convincing 4½-length victory over pesky rival Booklet, on the last Super Saturday of preparatories for the Super Saturday. †b. Medicine. = preparative n. 1a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > [noun] > preparatory medicines preparativea1400 preparer1610 preparatory1676 premedication1920 premedicant1929 preanaesthetic1930 pre-med1964 1676 T. Guidott Disc. Bathe xiv. 117 The Cure will be facilitated..if the Water be drank, or used by Clyster,..before they are advised, which will be a good preparatory to other Remedies. 1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters iii. 164 The simplest and best preparatory..is..water. 3. a. U.S. A student at a preparatory school. Cf. sense B. 3. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > one attending school > [noun] > primary or prep school pupil primarian1858 prep1863 preparatory1873 primary1908 preppy1928 1873 J. H. Raymond Vassar Coll. 73 The number of collegiates proper, as distinguished from both specials and preparatories, has also steadily increased. 1911 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 24 Dec. b5/5 (headline) Canastota's team. Pronounced good, even by the preparatories of Syracuse. b. A preparatory school. ΘΚΠ society > education > place of education > school > [noun] > primary school under-school1629 primer schoola1680 proseminary1774 primary school1792 dame-schoola1817 pettya1827 ma'am-school1838 elementary school1841 primary1851 prep school1862 minding-school1864 junior school1871 tother school1881 marm school1889 preparatory1904 terakoya1909 prep1924 prepper1956 1904 Washington Post 1 Oct. 8/5 In their first football contest of the season, Georgetown Preparatory played the Western High School team a 0–0 game. 1907 Athenæum 20 Apr. 472/1 He ought to have attacked..the ‘preparatories’ where the little dears have Turkey carpets for their small feet and port for their small stomachs. 1969 Valley News (Van Nuys, Calif.) 12 Dec. (East Valley ed.) 19 a/3 (caption) Proceeds from event..will go to Student Resource Center at Chaminade College Preparatory in Canoga Park. 2005 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 24 June 21 This part of the county is also well blessed with good school choices, some well-known preparatories, Shrewsbury, Wrekin College, [etc.]. B. adj. 1. That prepares or serves to prepare for something following; preliminary, introductory. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [adjective] preparatory1442 preparative1530 preparing1606 provisional1619 preliminary1650 parasceuological1671 parasceuastic1672 prep1839 the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [adjective] > preliminary or introductory preparatory1442 proemial1447 isagogicala1529 liminary1603 inducing1605 prelusive1605 preambling1608 prefatory?c1622 ushering1628 preambulary1630 inductory1632 introductive1638 prelusory1638 preambulous1646 preambular1647 preludial1647 preliminary1650 prefacive1651 preludious1651 introitory1652 prodromous1652 introductory1660 superliminary1675 exordiala1682 prodrome1682 prodromal1716 premisory1844 prefatiala1848 inductive1868 prolusory1868 inleading1889 prodromic1891 1442 in A. H. Thompson Visitations Relig. Houses Diocese Lincoln (1927) III. 230 Our [in]quisicyone preparatory. 1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) (1859) 99 This feste was but as an assaye and preparatory as an exampler to these other feestes. 1593 R. Cosin Apol. for Sundrie Proc. (rev. ed.) ii. vii. 55 Generall Enquiry is precedent as a preparatorie course to make way vnto the Iudges Office of proceeding by speciall Enquirie against such, as thereby shall be detected, denounced, & presented. 1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar iii. xv Considerations of some preparatory accidents before the entrance of Jesus into his Passion. 1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica ii. i. 152 The Sun and Moon alone..cannot be the Causes preparatory or determinant of a Showre. 1745 J. Mason Treat. Self-knowl. i. viii. 67 The previous Steps and preparatory Circumstances. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xv. 136 [He] had indeed swallowed a preparatory glass of punch. 1868 F. A. G. Ouseley Treat. Harmony (1875) iv. 61 The leading note would be simply a preparatory note, introducing a Scale of the compass of a hexachord. 1948 G. D. H. Bell Cultivated Plants Farm xii. 112 (Plate 20) Sugar beet is both a cash crop and cleaning crop, and preparatory cultivations before sowing are carefully carried out by good growers. 1968 ‘A. D'Arcangelo’ Homosexual Handbk. 110 All that kissing and licking is really just a preparatory sort of warm-up. 2004 Radio Times 29 May (Midlands ed.) 85/2 Only a month earlier, four times that number had died participating in a preparatory exercise named Operation Tiger. 2. In the United Kingdom (now typically with reference to private education): designating a junior school or type of schooling in which pupils are prepared for a higher school or college. In the United States: designating a (usually private) school or type of schooling in which pupils are prepared for college entrance. Esp. in preparatory school (see also prep school n.). ΘΚΠ society > education > place of education > school > [adjective] > preparatory petty1555 preparatory?1649 society > education > place of education > school > [adjective] > preparatory > preparing students for college entrance preparatory?1649 ?1649 J. Dury Reformed School 62 An Order of taskes must be observed in the preparatorie School [i.e. one for pupils aged five to nine years], aswell as in the other following. 1749 J. Jones Free & Candid Disquisitions Church of Eng. x. 166 If our preparatory schools (public and private) were what they ought to be, seminaries of a truly religious education. 1822 M. Edgeworth Let. 23 Jan. (1971) 328 Mr. Malthus and Dr. Batten declared that they should prefer having a boy sent to them from the Charter-House to having him from any lesser preparatory school. 1848 Indiana Gen. Assembly Doc. (1849) II. 279 Connected with the Institution is a flourishing Grammar School, which serves the double purpose of a Normal School and a Preparatory Department. a1850 W. Wordsworth Excursion (rev. ed.) in Wks. (1857) VI. (Notes dictated to Miss Fenwick) 7 I have now one of this class in my eye who became an usher in a preparatory school and ended in making a large fortune. 1879 Scribner's Monthly Dec. 207 The Johns Hopkins is seeking..to penetrate downward into the preparatory schools. 1903 World's Work Sept. 3884/1 The preparatory school..take[s] boys from twelve to fourteen years of age to fit them in from three to six years for entrance to our best colleges. 1924 Granta 25 Apr. 361/2 At the age of eight, he arrived at his Preparatory School, ‘The Wick’, in Sussex. 1963 Higher Educ.: Rep. Comm. under Ld. Robbins 148 in Parl. Papers 1962–3 (Cmnd. 2154) XI. 639 The creation of separate junior or preparatory colleges to undertake the later stages of sixth form work and the first year of university work. 1976 Southern Evening Echo (Southampton) 6 Nov. (Advt. Suppl.) 7/6 Resident matron required for January for Boys' Preparatory School. 1993 Times Educ. Suppl. 5 Mar. (Review Suppl.) 5/5 It is entirely unrealistic to see state primary education as if it were private preparatory schooling. 2005 Educ. Week 23 Mar. 3 Although not as expensive as traditional preparatory schools, Beacon Academy will not be completely free for students. 3. U.S. Designating a student at a preparatory school. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > one attending school > [adjective] > primary or prep school pupil preparatory1858 primary age1893 preppy1900 1858 Seventh Triennial Catal. of M'Kendree College 28 (table) Total in college classes 82. Preparatory students 90. 1898 Cosmos (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) 1 Feb. 59/2 Miss Bertha Swartz of Burlington, is a new preparatory student. 1912 School Rev. 20 460 They have also pledged themselves not..to allow their preparatory students to take any college courses. 1965 Eng. Stud. 46 464 Prepster not only denotes a preparatory student in collegiate slang but also a trainee. 2002 Jrnl. African Amer. Hist. 87 44 The Union Literary Society..was open to all preparatory students and was one of the longest, continuously operating, extracurricular organizations of its kind in the history of Afro-American higher education. C. adv. In or by way of preparation; as a preliminary. With to. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [adverb] preparatively1602 preparatorilya1631 preparative1632 preparatorya1684 preparingly1683 a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1649 (1955) II. 556 I receiv'd the B: Sacrament preparatory to my Journey. 1716 W. Kennet Let. 24 Nov. in J. H. Monk Life of R. Bentley (1830) xii. 332 The Caput..complain much of a breach of their privilege, that it was not laid before them preparatory to its being laid before the Senate. 1799 A. MacKenzie Let. 22 Aug. (1970) 497 What work you may have to do preparatory to repairing the Vessel I am no judge of. 1810 S. T. Coleridge Let. to T. Poole in Lett. (1895) 557 I will, preparatory to writing.., consider whether it can be treated popularly. 1878 A. Brassey Voy. Sunbeam xiv. 240 They were weighing it preparatory to sending it to town. 1908 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Green Gables ii. 14 The station-master locking up the ticket-office preparatory to going home for supper. 1938 E. Bowen Death of Heart ii. iii. 209 Mr. Thomas's books are out to be electric cleaned, preparatory to washing the shelves down. 1991 Chinese Med. Jrnl. 104 200/1 Grafts of 0.5–1.0 mm³ were..placed in lactated Ringer's solution preparatory to transplant. 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