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.
