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preparate en · VERB · etymology 1

Etymology

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.

Meanings

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

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wikipedia: Middle French

preparate en · ADJ · etymology 2

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

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