1. trans. To undo the preparation of.
1598. Florio, Sparecchiare, to vngarnish, to vnprepare, to vndecke.
2. To make unprepared; to unfit.
1645. Milton, Tetrach., 36. Nothing more unhallows a man, more unprepares him to the service of God in any duty.
1788. Wesley, Wks. (1872), VII. 154. No business … can hinder any man … unless it be such as unprepares him for heaven.
1852. Lever, M. Tiernay, iii. The gloom of the place … equally unprepared me for what was to come.
