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Prepare Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Prepare?
[v] make suitable for eating; of foods
[v] make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war" [v] undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession; "She is training to be a teacher"; "He trained as a legal aid" [v] create by training and teaching; "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future" [v] to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery; "prepare a report"; "prepare a speech" [v] arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office" [v] prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please" [v] music: lead up to and soften by sounding the dissonant note in it as a consonant note in the preceding chord; "prepare the discord in bar 139" [v] prepare (someone) for a future role or function; "He is grooming his son to become his successor"; "The prince was prepared to become King one day"; "They trained him to be a warrior" Synonyms | Synonyms for Prepare: cook | devise | fix | gear up | get up | groom | machinate | make | organise | organize | ready | ready | set | set up | train | train Related Terms | Find terms related to Prepare: See Also | alter | apprentice | brace | change | concoct | cook up | cram | create | create from raw material | create from raw stuff | crop | cultivate | devil | dispose | dress | dress out | drill | educate | fix | housebreak | initiate | instruct | keep | lard | lay | lay out | learn | mount | mount | pioneer | poise | precondition | precook | preserve | prime | put on | qualify | read | retrain | rough | rough in | rough out | sandwich | set up | socialise | socialize | sound | spatchcock | study | summerise | summerize | take | teach | toilet-train | transform | translate | whip up | whomp up | winterise | winterize | work Prepare In Webster's Dictionary \Pre*pare"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prepare?}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Preparing}.] [F. pr['e]parer, L. praeparare; prae
before + parare to make ready. See {Pare}.]
1. To fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose or
condition; to make ready; to put into a state for use or
application; as, to prepare ground for seed; to prepare a
lesson.
Our souls, not yet prepared for upper light.
--Dryden.
2. To procure as suitable or necessary; to get ready; to
provide; as, to prepare ammunition and provisions for
troops; to prepare ships for defence; to prepare an
entertainment. --Milton.
That they may prepare a city for habitation. --Ps.
cvii. 36
Syn: To fit; adjust; adapt; qualify; equip; provide; form;
make; make; ready.
\Pre*pare"\, v. i. 1. To make all things ready; to put things in order; as, to prepare for a hostile invasion. ``Bid them prepare for dinner.'' --Shak. 2. To make one's self ready; to get ready; to take the necessary previous measures; as, to prepare for death. \Pre*pare"\, n. Preparation. [Obs.] --Shak. |
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