Prepares vs Readies - What's the difference?
prepares | readies |
(prepare)
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:
As verbs the difference between prepares and readies
is that prepares is third-person singular of prepare while readies is third-person singular of ready.As a noun readies is
cash, especially bank notes (from ready money).prepares
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Verb
(head)Anagrams
* * * ----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;