preparate

See also: prepárate

English

Etymology 1

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.

Verb

preparate (third-person singular simple present preparates, present participle preparating, simple past and past participle preparated)

1. (rare) To prepare.
   • 1569, R. Androse, translation of Alexius Pedemontanus' Secretes, volume 4th, ii, page 54:

     In like maner preperate Oripigment.

   • 2000, Trends in Biotechnol, volume 18 511/3:

     Notes about the materials required and methods used to preparate the adjuvant.

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

preparate (comparative more preparate, superlative most preparate)

1. (rare) prepared
   • circa 1513, Henry Bradshaw (poet), Lyfe of St. Werburge (1521), volume i.xxix. sig. k.ii:

     All thynges, were redy preparate.

   • 1947, Malcolm Lowry, “v. 140”, in Under the Volcano:

     Finally the cat extended a preparate paw for the kill.

Esperanto

Adverb

preparate

1. present adverbial passive participle of prepari

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

preparate

1. inflection of preparare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

preparate f pl

1. feminine plural of preparato

Latin

Participle

preparāte

1. vocative masculine singular of preparātus

Spanish

Verb

preparate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of preparar combined with te