Both Uses of
preparatory
in
The Idiot
- I thought of asking you to draw the face of a criminal, one minute before the fall of the guillotine, while the wretched man is still standing on the scaffold, preparatory to placing his neck on the block.†
Chpt 1.5
- Well, all that is preparatory.†
Chpt 1.5 *
Definition:
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(preparatory) preceding and preparing for something