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preparedness|prɪˈpɛərd-, prɪˈpɛərɪdnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The state or condition of being prepared; readiness.
1590Greenwood Answ. Def. Read Prayers 25 Except you can make all assemblies..in the same preparednes to aske,..you can make no stinted prayers for them. 1654H. L'Estrange Chas. I (1655) 265 Then..having prayed awhile, he gave the Executioner the token of his preparednesse, whereat the Heads-man..severed his head from his body. 1736Bolingbroke Patriot. (1749) 58 Information, knowledge, and a certain constant preparedness for all the events that may arise. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. x. II. 564 Before two the capital wore a face of stern preparedness which might well have daunted a real enemy. |