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Preparation. [Obs.] Shak.

That which is preserved; fruit, etc., seasoned and kept by suitable preparation; esp., fruit cooked with sugar; -- commonly in the plural.

To lay the first color, coating, or preparation upon (a surface), as in painting; as, to prime a canvas, a wall.

Of or pertaining to preparation. [R.] Bacon.

The act of providing or preparing for future use or application; a making ready; preparation. Providence for war is the best prevention of it. Bacon.

The act of providing, or making previous preparation. Shak.

The act or process of providing or procuring; providence; foresight; preparation; management. Chaucer. The ill purveyance of his page. Spenser.

A preparation from acorns used by the Arabs as a substitute for chocolate, and also as a beverage for invalids.

lames carmine and give a characteristic spectrum. It resembles barium chemically. Radium preparations are remarkable for maintaining themselves at a higher temperature than their surroundings, and for their radiations, which are of three kinds: alpha rays, beta rays, and gamma rays (see these terms). By reason of these…

Without proper preparation or provision. Shak.

The state or quality of being ready; preparation; promptness; aptitude; willingness. They received the word with all readiness of mind. Acts xvii. 11.

s for facilitating computations, as of interest, prices, etc. -- To make ready, to make preparation; to get in readiness.

A formulary or prescription for making some combination, mixture, or preparation of materials; a receipt; especially, a prescription for medicine.

A second coction or preparation; a vamping up.

To make good by reparation; to make up for; to retrieve; to repair the loss or injury of; as, to recover lost time. "Loss of catel may recovered be." Chaucer. Even good men have many failings and lapses to lament and recover. Rogers.

recourse. I shall insensibly go on from a rare to a frequent recurrence to the dangerous preparations. I. Taylor.

as of wrong, injury, or opression; as, the redress of grievances; hence, relief; remedy; reparation; indemnification. Shak. A few may complain without reason; but there is occasion for redress when the cry is universal. Davenant.

To refit; to repair, or make reparation for; hence, to repay or requite. [Obs.] It shall be good that you redub that negligence. Wyatt. God shall give power to redub it with some like requital to the French. Grafton.

The preparation of the facts and measurements of observations in order to deduce a general result.

ion; repetition; specifically, a private recital, performance, or season of practice, in preparation for a public exhibition or exercise. Chaucer. In rehearsal of our Lord's Prayer. Hooker. Here's marvelous convenient place for our rehearsal. Shak. Dress rehearsal (Theater), a private preparatory performance of a drama…