Prepare vs Configure - What's the difference?
prepare | configure |
To make ready for a specific future purpose; to set up; to assemble.
* Bible, Psalms cvii. 36
* Dryden
To make ready for eating or drinking; to cook.
To make oneself ready; to get ready, make preparation.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=19 To produce or make by combining elements; to synthesize, compound.
(obsolete) preparation
* 1595 , , IV. i. 130:
To set up or arrange something in such a way that it is ready for operation for a particular purpose, or to someone's particular liking
As verbs the difference between prepare and configure
is that prepare is while configure is .As an adjective configure is
configured.prepare
English
Verb
(prepar)- that they may prepare a city for habitation
- our souls, not yet prepared for upper light
citation, passage=As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.}}
Usage notes
* This is a catenative verb that can take a following verb in its to + infinitive form. SeeSynonyms
* (l), (l), (l), (l), (l)Noun
- Go levy men, and make prepare for war;