prepare English
Verb
( prepar)
To make ready for a specific future purpose; to set up; to assemble.
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* Bible, Psalms cvii. 36
- that they may prepare a city for habitation
* Dryden
- our souls, not yet prepared for upper light
To make ready for eating or drinking; to cook.
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To make oneself ready; to get ready, make preparation.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=19 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.}}
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To produce or make by combining elements; to synthesize, compound.
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Usage notes
* This is a catenative verb that can take a following verb in its to + infinitive form. See
Synonyms
* (l), (l), (l), (l), (l)
Noun
(obsolete) preparation
* 1595 , , IV. i. 130:
- Go levy men, and make prepare for war;
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organize English
Alternative forms
* organise
Verb
( organiz)
To (l) in working order.
To (l) in parts, each having a special function, act, office, or relation; to systematize.
* Cranch
- This original and supreme will organizes the government.
To (l) with organs; to give an organic structure to; to endow with capacity for the functions of life; as, an organized being; organized matter; — in this sense used chiefly in the past participle.
* Ray
- These nobler faculties of the mind, matter organized could never produce.
(music) To sing in parts.
- to organize an anthem
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Derived terms
* organized
* organizer
* organization
* self-organize
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