Reverse Dictionary: PREPARATION

ADJECTIVES
► ACCINCT prepared, ready, girded → 1731 obs.
► ADDRESSED prepared, made ready, ‘dressed’ as food → 1387 obs.
► ADDREST prepared; ready → 1600 obs.
► ALL SET prepared; ready → M19 sl.
► ANATE prepared → 19C Ireland
► ARMED TO THE TEETH fully prepared; awake to danger → World War II Amer. sl.
► BEFOREHAND prepared; ready → a1704 obs.
► BOUN prepared; ready → 1708 (Bk.)
► BOUND prepared; ready → c1175 obs.
► BUTTONED UP all prepared, sorted satisfactorily → 1940s sl.
► EXPLORATE carefully prepared; thoroughly examined → 1655 obs.
► FITTEN fit, suitable; ready, prepared → 1798 Amer. dial.
► FITTY fit, suitable; ready, prepared → 1913 Amer. dial.
► LOADED FOR BEAR fully prepared for a situation; esp. ready and eager for a confrontation; very angry → 1896 Amer. dial.
► MEETEN’D prepared, or adapted → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NATE prepared; intended → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► OILED well-prepared, ready → 1999 UK sl.
► ON DECK prepared, available → L19 sl.
► ORDERED prepared, made ready → 1579 obs.
► PARABLE that can be readily prepared, procured, or got; procurable → 1581 obs.
► PARASCEUASTIC preparatory, preliminary → 1672 obs.
► PARASCEUOLOGICAL preparatory, relating to preparation → 1671 obs.
► PREST ready for action or use; at hand; prepared; in proper order → c1300 obs.
► PRIMED prepared, ready → L19
► REDD prepared, ready, willing → 1790 Sc.
► ROTTEN IN ONE’S HEAD thoroughly prepared and rehearsed → 1640 obs.
► SAUCERED AND BLOWED prepared for use in any way; all ready to go → 1987 Can. sl.
► TIGHT prepared; ready for action → 1824 Sc. & Eng. dial. obs.
► UP prepared, ready; said of a person → 1950s African-American sl.
► WARE prepared, on one’s guard, watchful, vigilant, cautious, alert → c1000 arch.
► WRAPPED ► WRAPPED-UP carefully prepared; carefully arranged; entirely in order → c1935 services’ usage
► YARE prepared, ready; desirous, eager → c888 arch. & Eng. dial.
► YDIGHT prepared, furnished, dressed → 1297 obs.

ADVERBS
► RARE prepared, ready → 1790 Eng. dial.
► TIFT prepared, ready; set in order; provided, furnished → 1300s Sc. obs.

NOUNS
► ADDIGHTING ► ADIGHTING preparation, preparing → 1567 obs.
► ADDRESS 1. that which is prepared; a device, a contrivance → 1598 obs.
2. preparation, a making ready; a being ready → 1633 obs.
► ADDRESSEDNESS a being prepared; preparedness → 1633 obs.
► BANDOBAST ► BUNDOBUST  preparation, an arrangement, a settlement → 1776
► BIG READY a thorough state of preparation; a good start → 1897 Amer. dial.
► GOOD READY a thorough state of preparation; a good start → 1866 Amer. dial.
► ORDINANCE preparation, provision, equipment; a preparing, making ready, or providing → c1374 obs.
► PARABILITY a being easily prepared or procured → 1654 obs.
► PARATION preparation, a making ready → a1617 obs.
► PAREL ► PARAIL preparation, equipment → 1400 obs.
► PRESTNESS readiness, preparedness; eagerness → 1582 obs.
► PURVEYANCE an arranging or preparing; preparation → c1330 obs.
► YARKING preparation → c1000 obs.

PHRASES
► IN THE CALMS in the state of preparation → a1662 obs.
► SAUCERED AND BLOWED all ready to go; prepared for use in any way → 1987 Can. sl.

VERBS
► ABLE to prepare, to make ready → a1400 obs.
► ACCINGE to prepare oneself for what is to come → 1657 obs.
► ADDRESS to prepare, to make ready; to order or arrange for any purpose; to prepare oneself → 1485 obs.
► ADIGHT to prepare, to dispose, to order, to appoint → c1220 obs.
► ADVANCE THE SPARK to prepare → 1945 US sl.
► ANORN to adorn; to embellish, to ornament; also, to make something ready, to prepare → 1382 obs. 
► BAKE to prepare, to make ready → 1460 obs.
► BEFORE-GRAITHE to prepare, to make ready beforehand → 1382 obs.
► BOUN to prepare, to make ready → c1390 obs.
► BUSK to prepare, to make or get ready; to put in order; to array → c1330
► BUSKLE to prepare, to make or get ready; to equip, to attire → a1555 obs.
► BUSS to prepare, to make or get ready; to put in order, to array → c1330
► CLEAR THE DECKS to prepare for action → 1999  (Bk.)
► CUT to prepare, to make ready, to plan → 1645 obs.
► DECOCT to prepare, to devise, to concoct → 1602 obs.
► DERSE to prepare, to cleanse → 1828 Eng. dial.
► DIGHT to prepare, to put in order, to tidy, to clean; to sweep, to dust → 1678 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► ETTLE to prepare, to make ready; to rake together into a heap → 1874 Eng. dial.
► FETTLE to repair, to mend; to prepare, to make ready, to put in working order → 1788 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► FIX to prepare → 1725 US sl.
► GRAID to prepare, to make ready → 1825 Sc.
► GREASE THE SKIDS to help prepare for the success or failure of someone or something → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► HATCH to prepare for; to develop a disease → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HAUSE ► HAWSE to prepare; to attempt, to try; to offer → 1851 Eng. dial.
► HAVE ONE’S MEGS SET TO GO to be prepared or ready to go → 1944 Amer. dial.
► JACK UP to prepare anything; to arrange, organize, contrive → 1939 NZ sl.
► KEY to prepare and become nervous, to get ready; to get uptight → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► LICK INTO FASHION ► LICK INTO SHAPE to prepare, to get ready, esp. if the person or object is far from ready when one starts the ‘licking’ → 19C colloq., orig. US
► LICK ONE’S FLINT to prepare for a difficult task; to take precautions against disaster → 1953 Amer. dial.
► MAKE DOWN to prepare, to make ready → 1838 Eng. dial.
► NOT TO HAVE TO LOOK FOR THE LADLE WHEN THE POT COMES A-BOIL to be prepared, to take proper precautions → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ORDAIN to prepare, to make ready; to put in order for a purpose → 1375 obs.
► ORDER to prepare, to make ready; to be in order or readiness → 1526 obs.
► PARE to get ready, to prepare; to adorn, to deck out → 1392 obs.
► PAREL ► PARAIL to prepare, to get ready, to put in order → 1400 obs.
► PODGE to prepare → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► PREP to prepare, to get ready → 20C US sl.
► PREPARE TO PUCKER to make ready to do or act → 1914 Amer. dial.
► PUDGE to prepare → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► PURVEY to arrange in advance; to prepare; to plan → c1300 obs.
► REDD to prepare, to tidy, to clean  up, to set in order, to arrange → 1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► TAPE OFF to prepare, to get ready, to put into place → 1920s Aust. sl.
► TEEL to prepare; to make ready → 1895 Eng. dial.
► TIFF to prepare, to put in order, to arrange; to make, to construct → 1300s obs.
► TIFT to prepare, to make ready, to put in order; to dress → 1300s obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► TIGHT to prepare, to get ready; to devise, to contrive → a1300 obs.
► YARE to prepare, to make or get ready → c888 obs.
► YARK to prepare; to make ready → c1000 obs.
► YARKEN to prepare → c1205 obs.