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Preparatory

Webster's Dictionary

(a.) Preparing the way for anything by previous measures of adaptation; antecedent and adapted to what follows; introductory; preparative; as, a preparatory school; a preparatory condition.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Preparatory'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/preparatory.html. 1828.