Verb

(prepar)

To make ready for a specific future purpose; to set up; to assemble.

* 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.

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.}}

To produce or make by combining elements; to synthesize, compound.

Verb

(en verb)

To restrain within bounds; to limit; to confine; as, to restrict worlds to a particular meaning; to restrict a patient to a certain diet.

* {{quote-news

, year=2011 , date=September 28 , author=Jon Smith , title=Valencia 1 - 1 Chelsea , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=It was no less than Valencia deserved after dominating possession in the final 20 minutes although Chelsea defended resolutely and restricted the Spanish side to shooting from long range.}}

(specifically, mathematics) To consider (a function) as defined on a subset of its original domain.

If we restrict sine to $[-\backslash frac\backslash pi2,\backslash frac\backslash pi2]$, we can define its inverse.