† ˈapparate Obs. rare.
[ad. L. apparāt-us preparation; cf. Fr. apparat.]
An anglicized form of apparatus. (Cf. state, status.)
| ? c 1600 MS. Bodl. 313 (Halliw.) The whole English apparate, and the English popular calculation tables. 1616 Sheldon Rom. Miracles cxiii. 271 Such apparate and order for publike sacrifices. |