preparedadj.

Brit.

/prᵻˈpɛːd/, U.S.

/priˈpɛ(ə)rd/,

/prəˈpɛ(ə)rd/

Forms: see prepare v. and -ed suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prepare v., -ed suffix¹.

Etymology: < prepare v. + -ed suffix¹. Compare earlier preparate adj.Compare classical Latin praeparātus (see preparate adj.), and similar uses in French of préparé , use as adjective of past participle of préparer prepare v. (attested from at least the late 15th cent.).

1. Made ready, got ready, fitted or put in order for something in advance. to be prepared: see prepare v. 1f.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [adjective] > prepared or ready > made ready

readyc1175

i-boenc1275

ydight1297

preparatec1395

ready-made?a1425

apparelled1483

prepared1526

dight1535

readieda1774

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. AA In a prepared or disposed soule, he maketh the first beame of loue to shyne.

1574 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. 16 To resist a prepared vice.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iv. xiii. 39 Let Patient Octauia, plough thy visage vp With her prepared nailes.

1658 R. Baxter Of Saving Faith vi. 40 Adams soul was created in a Disposed or prepared Body.

1706 W. Jones Synopsis Palmariorum Matheseos 128 In every Prepared Equation Really constituted, which has..all its Terms.

1783 E. Burke Speech Fox's E. India Bill in Wks. (1815) IV. 32 Even in the prepared soil of a general pacification.

1814 F. Burney Wanderer I. i. vi. 107 Assistance from some compassionate inhabitants of the town, enabled them..to effect their escape to a prepared boat, in which..they reached the harbour of their country.

1882 J. Parker Apostolic Life I. 74 A prepared pulpit should be balanced by a prepared pew.

1958 J. Wain Contenders 76 He stood up and launched into what seemed like a little prepared speech.

1984 J. Frame Envoy from Mirror City (1987) xi. 76 He watched while I poured the marmalade into the six prepared jars.

2. Manufactured, concocted; (also) treated for some purpose by a special process.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > operation upon something > [adjective] > involving subjection to action or influence > subjected to a process

prepared1578

treated1710

processed1876

reprocessed1884

the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [adjective] > prepared or ready > made ready > for use > by a special process

prepared1578

society > occupation and work > industry > manufacture or production > [adjective] > manufactured or produced

wrought1440

prepared1694

artefactual1960

1578 J. Banister Hist. Man sig. Ddii ^v The hart..reciueth..prepared bloud and spirite into the left ventricle.

1585 W. Bayley Disc. Mithridatium sig. C3^v Andromachus..did adde vitreoll prepared.

1605 B. Jonson Sejanus ii. sig. D2 Lady, you should Vse of the Dentifrice, I prescrib'd you, too, To cleare your teeth, and the prepar'd Pomatum, To smoth the skin.

1663 R. Boyle Some Considerations Usefulnesse Exper. Nat. Philos. ii. i. 23 Taking out the more corruptible parts, and stuffing their prepar'd Skins with any convenient Matter.

1694 W. Salmon Pharmacopœia Bateana i. ix. 559/1 The former prepared Pouder of our Author.

1734 S.-Carolina Gaz. 21 Dec. 3/2 Just imported from London..and to be sold by Doct. Jacob Moon near the New-market, Opium..sal succini vol. prepared corral, scammony, coloquints ol. laurini, [etc.].

1751 Life John Daniel in Libr. of Impostors (1926) I. iv. 40 The entrails were clean gone, and the bones picked like a prepared skeleton.

1800 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 90 393 The prepared muscular fibre was dissolved in boiling nitric acid.

1849 H. M. Noad Lect. Electr. (ed. 3) 457 The nerve of a prepared frog's leg was laid on the bared muscle of the thigh of a living rabbit.

1870 Nature 20 Oct. 498/2 As no sugar is used in the manufacture of this article, it requires the addition of a larger quantity than any of the so-called prepared cocoas.

1918 A. Huxley Let. 12 Aug. (1969) 160 Thirty-two quintals of sugar and prepared foods.

1957 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 610/1 The rubber sheet is firmly pressed against the prepared fabric.

2004 Guardian 1 May (Weekend Suppl.) 17/2 Nearly 6% of food-poisoning outbreaks were associated with ready-to-eat salads and prepared fruit and vegetables.

3. Music. In traditional counterpoint: designating a discordant interval in which the dissonant note has been anticipated as a consonant note in the preceding chord. Also: designating a key approached from another key by means of a regular harmonic progression. See prepare v. 8.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > harmony or sounds in combination > [adjective] > movement of parts > suspended, etc.

unresolved1742

resolved1818

suspended1853

prepared1867

1867 G. A. Macfarren Six Lect. Harmony ii. 73 A prepared 7th may be added to the chord of the dissonant 5th.

1989 Jrnl. Musicol. 7 495 The instability of the situation precludes tonal closure in the prepared key as Foresto's anger propels him toward A minor.

Compounds

prepared core n. Archaeology a core (core n.¹ 5) of flint which has been pre-shaped so that a single final blow will detach a single large flake from which a tool can be made.

ΚΠ

1917 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 47 399 Many of them are either made from ordinary flakes or from flakes struck from a prepared core.

1959 J. D. Clark Prehist. Southern Afr. vi. 157 The same basic prepared-core technique.

1998 R. Korisettar & M. D. Petraglia Early Human Behaviour in Global Context i. 2 Prepared core technologies increase in use and level of sophistication in later periods.

prepared piano n. a piano whose strings have been modified by having objects placed on or between them, or by retuning; the instrument was devised by John Cage (1912–92) for the performance of his composition Bacchanale (1940).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > stringed keyboards > [noun] > pianoforte > types of piano

grand pianoforte1784

square pianoforte1787

grand piano1795

cottage pianoforte1816

cottage piano1824

table piano1827

table pianoforte1827

tin kettle1827

grand1830

piccolo1831

Broadwood1832

semi-grand1835

pianino1848

cottage1850

square piano1853

street piano1855

upright1860

pianette1862

digitorium1866

Steinway1875

baby grand1879

square1882

tin pan1882

honky-tonk piano1934

minipiano1934

spinet1936

prepared piano1940

ravalement1959

rinky-tink1961

miniature1974

Mozart piano1980

1940 J. Cage (MS N.Y. Public Libr.) (title) Bacchanale: for prepared piano.

1946 Mod. Music Summer 205 Four Sonatas for prepared piano by John Cage were also heard.

1962 Musical Q. 48 9 In his Móvil, Op. 7, for prepared piano, he [sc. Luis de Pablo] serializes not only the intervals, but also the ‘set’ of pre-determined sonorities.

2000 Jazz Jrnl. Feb. 30/2 The ‘pots and pans’ dissonance of Brennan's prepared piano adds a surreal aspect to Robots and Poco Loco.

prepared shake n. Music (now rare) a shake introduced by a preliminary note, turn, etc.

ΚΠ

1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 395/2 A shake which commences with a turn is called a prepared shake.

1921 Musical Q. 7 275 Especially should be noticed the prepared shake which is exquisitely performed by some of the birds on brilliant moonlight nights.

1953 H. Peter Recorder ii. 27 ‘A Plain Note and Shake’ is a short prepared shake beginning on the upper note, a kind of prepared mordent.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prepared
释义	preparedadj. Brit. /prᵻˈpɛːd/, U.S. /priˈpɛ(ə)rd/, /prəˈpɛ(ə)rd/ Forms: see prepare v. and -ed suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prepare v., -ed suffix¹. Etymology: < prepare v. + -ed suffix¹. Compare earlier preparate adj.Compare classical Latin praeparātus (see preparate adj.), and similar uses in French of préparé , use as adjective of past participle of préparer prepare v. (attested from at least the late 15th cent.). 1. Made ready, got ready, fitted or put in order for something in advance. to be prepared: see prepare v. 1f. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [adjective] > prepared or ready > made ready readyc1175 i-boenc1275 ydight1297 preparatec1395 ready-made?a1425 apparelled1483 prepared1526 dight1535 readieda1774 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. AA In a prepared or disposed soule, he maketh the first beame of loue to shyne. 1574 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. 16 To resist a prepared vice. a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iv. xiii. 39 Let Patient Octauia, plough thy visage vp With her prepared nailes. View more context for this quotation 1658 R. Baxter Of Saving Faith vi. 40 Adams soul was created in a Disposed or prepared Body. 1706 W. Jones Synopsis Palmariorum Matheseos 128 In every Prepared Equation Really constituted, which has..all its Terms. 1783 E. Burke Speech Fox's E. India Bill in Wks. (1815) IV. 32 Even in the prepared soil of a general pacification. 1814 F. Burney Wanderer I. i. vi. 107 Assistance from some compassionate inhabitants of the town, enabled them..to effect their escape to a prepared boat, in which..they reached the harbour of their country. 1882 J. Parker Apostolic Life I. 74 A prepared pulpit should be balanced by a prepared pew. 1958 J. Wain Contenders 76 He stood up and launched into what seemed like a little prepared speech. 1984 J. Frame Envoy from Mirror City (1987) xi. 76 He watched while I poured the marmalade into the six prepared jars. 2. Manufactured, concocted; (also) treated for some purpose by a special process. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > operation upon something > [adjective] > involving subjection to action or influence > subjected to a process prepared1578 treated1710 processed1876 reprocessed1884 the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [adjective] > prepared or ready > made ready > for use > by a special process prepared1578 society > occupation and work > industry > manufacture or production > [adjective] > manufactured or produced wrought1440 prepared1694 artefactual1960 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man sig. Ddii ^v The hart..reciueth..prepared bloud and spirite into the left ventricle. 1585 W. Bayley Disc. Mithridatium sig. C3^v Andromachus..did adde vitreoll prepared. 1605 B. Jonson Sejanus ii. sig. D2 Lady, you should Vse of the Dentifrice, I prescrib'd you, too, To cleare your teeth, and the prepar'd Pomatum, To smoth the skin. View more context for this quotation 1663 R. Boyle Some Considerations Usefulnesse Exper. Nat. Philos. ii. i. 23 Taking out the more corruptible parts, and stuffing their prepar'd Skins with any convenient Matter. 1694 W. Salmon Pharmacopœia Bateana i. ix. 559/1 The former prepared Pouder of our Author. 1734 S.-Carolina Gaz. 21 Dec. 3/2 Just imported from London..and to be sold by Doct. Jacob Moon near the New-market, Opium..sal succini vol. prepared corral, scammony, coloquints ol. laurini, [etc.]. 1751 Life John Daniel in Libr. of Impostors (1926) I. iv. 40 The entrails were clean gone, and the bones picked like a prepared skeleton. 1800 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 90 393 The prepared muscular fibre was dissolved in boiling nitric acid. 1849 H. M. Noad Lect. Electr. (ed. 3) 457 The nerve of a prepared frog's leg was laid on the bared muscle of the thigh of a living rabbit. 1870 Nature 20 Oct. 498/2 As no sugar is used in the manufacture of this article, it requires the addition of a larger quantity than any of the so-called prepared cocoas. 1918 A. Huxley Let. 12 Aug. (1969) 160 Thirty-two quintals of sugar and prepared foods. 1957 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 610/1 The rubber sheet is firmly pressed against the prepared fabric. 2004 Guardian 1 May (Weekend Suppl.) 17/2 Nearly 6% of food-poisoning outbreaks were associated with ready-to-eat salads and prepared fruit and vegetables. 3. Music. In traditional counterpoint: designating a discordant interval in which the dissonant note has been anticipated as a consonant note in the preceding chord. Also: designating a key approached from another key by means of a regular harmonic progression. See prepare v. 8. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > harmony or sounds in combination > [adjective] > movement of parts > suspended, etc. unresolved1742 resolved1818 suspended1853 prepared1867 1867 G. A. Macfarren Six Lect. Harmony ii. 73 A prepared 7th may be added to the chord of the dissonant 5th. 1989 Jrnl. Musicol. 7 495 The instability of the situation precludes tonal closure in the prepared key as Foresto's anger propels him toward A minor. Compounds prepared core n. Archaeology a core (core n.¹ 5) of flint which has been pre-shaped so that a single final blow will detach a single large flake from which a tool can be made. ΚΠ 1917 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 47 399 Many of them are either made from ordinary flakes or from flakes struck from a prepared core. 1959 J. D. Clark Prehist. Southern Afr. vi. 157 The same basic prepared-core technique. 1998 R. Korisettar & M. D. Petraglia Early Human Behaviour in Global Context i. 2 Prepared core technologies increase in use and level of sophistication in later periods. prepared piano n. a piano whose strings have been modified by having objects placed on or between them, or by retuning; the instrument was devised by John Cage (1912–92) for the performance of his composition Bacchanale (1940). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > stringed keyboards > [noun] > pianoforte > types of piano grand pianoforte1784 square pianoforte1787 grand piano1795 cottage pianoforte1816 cottage piano1824 table piano1827 table pianoforte1827 tin kettle1827 grand1830 piccolo1831 Broadwood1832 semi-grand1835 pianino1848 cottage1850 square piano1853 street piano1855 upright1860 pianette1862 digitorium1866 Steinway1875 baby grand1879 square1882 tin pan1882 honky-tonk piano1934 minipiano1934 spinet1936 prepared piano1940 ravalement1959 rinky-tink1961 miniature1974 Mozart piano1980 1940 J. Cage (MS N.Y. Public Libr.) (title) Bacchanale: for prepared piano. 1946 Mod. Music Summer 205 Four Sonatas for prepared piano by John Cage were also heard. 1962 Musical Q. 48 9 In his Móvil, Op. 7, for prepared piano, he [sc. Luis de Pablo] serializes not only the intervals, but also the ‘set’ of pre-determined sonorities. 2000 Jazz Jrnl. Feb. 30/2 The ‘pots and pans’ dissonance of Brennan's prepared piano adds a surreal aspect to Robots and Poco Loco. prepared shake n. Music (now rare) a shake introduced by a preliminary note, turn, etc. ΚΠ 1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 395/2 A shake which commences with a turn is called a prepared shake. 1921 Musical Q. 7 275 Especially should be noticed the prepared shake which is exquisitely performed by some of the birds on brilliant moonlight nights. 1953 H. Peter Recorder ii. 27 ‘A Plain Note and Shake’ is a short prepared shake beginning on the upper note, a kind of prepared mordent. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1526
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