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# preparest

«preparest» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: **you prepare** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### kind

archaic form

### modern equivalent

you prepare

### part of speech

verb, old form used with thou

### meaning for a pupil

«preparest» means «you prepare», a form of «prepare»: To prepare is to make something ready to use. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/P/preparest/#m1)

### how it differs from today

Only the ending is old: -est or -st was the ending used with thou, which today is you with no ending: «thou preparest» = «you prepare».

### examples

- And when thou preparest a bullock for a burnt-offering, or for a sacrifice, in fulfilment of a vow clearly uttered, or for peace-offerings unto the LORD; (Torah NUM.15.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/P/preparest/#x1)

### tests

ending -est (stem «prepare», a verb of EWT); corpora 1 (Torah 1, tales 0, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 0.1 (Torah alone 2.3); Wiktionary no archaic label

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «preparest» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/P/preparest/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.