† paˈration Obs. rare—1.
[ad. L. parātiōnem, n. of action from parāre to make ready.]
A making ready, preparation.
| a 1617 Bayne On Eph. i. (1643) 357 If a man fall out of a dead palsy, into a light phrenzy, phrenzy of itself, is no paration to health. |