Word Meanings - PREPARATOR - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who prepares beforehand, as subjects for dissection, specimens for preservation in collections, etc. Agassiz.

BEFOREHAND
1. In a state of anticipation ore preoccupation; in advance; -- often followed by with. Agricola . . . resolves to be beforehand with the danger. Milton. The last cited author has been beforehand with me. Addison. 2. By way of preparation,
PRESERVATION
The act or process of preserving, or keeping safe; the state of being preserved, or kept from injury, destruction, or decay; security; safety; as, preservation of life, fruit, game, etc.; a picture in good preservation. Give us particulars of thy
DISSECTION
1. The act of dissecting an animal or plant; as, dissection of the human body was held sacrilege till the time of Francis I. 2. Fig.: The act of separating or dividing for the purpose of critical examination. 3. Anything dissected; especially,
SELF-PRESERVATION
The preservation of one's self from destruction or injury.