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Prepare   /pripˈɛr/   Listen
Prepare

verb
(past & past part. prepared; pres. part. preparing)
1.
Make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc.  Synonyms: fix, gear up, ready, set, set up.  "Prepare for war" , "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill"
2.
Prepare for eating by applying heat.  Synonyms: cook, fix, make, ready.  "Can you make me an omelette?" , "Fix breakfast for the guests, please"
3.
To prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery.  "Prepare a speech"
4.
Arrange by systematic planning and united effort.  Synonyms: devise, get up, machinate, organise, organize.  "Organize a strike" , "Devise a plan to take over the director's office"
5.
Educate for a future role or function.  Synonyms: groom, train.  "The prince was prepared to become King one day" , "They trained him to be a warrior"
6.
Create by training and teaching.  Synonyms: develop, educate, train.  "We develop the leaders for the future"
7.
Lead up to and soften by sounding the dissonant note in it as a consonant note in the preceding chord.
8.
Undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession.  Synonym: train.  "He trained as a legal aid"



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"Prepare" Quotes from Famous Books



... were ordered to prepare a meal for Anderson Rover and all of the others, and Cujo was called that he might question the Africans in ...
— The Rover Boys in the Jungle • Arthur M. Winfield
... early French history we find that divorce by mutual consent was very common. It was sufficient to prepare in duplicate a formal document to this effect: "Since between N. and his wife there is discord instead of charity according to God, and that in consequence it is impossible for them to live together, it has pleased ...
— Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 (of 6) • Havelock Ellis
... well as a surprise. To the disappointment of the public she had not played her part for nearly a week, having excused herself on the ground of indisposition, but there was apparently nothing in the state of her health to give cause for anxiety or to prepare her friends for the step she has taken. What has become of her appears to be entirely beyond conjecture, but her colleagues and associates are still hoping for the hest, though the tone of a letter left behind gives only too much reason to fear a ...
— The Christian - A Story • Hall Caine
... the tribe were soon converts from ocean to air, Though liking not much the diversion, And wishing at least they had time to prepare For so novel a mode ...
— Wreaths of Friendship - A Gift for the Young • T. S. Arthur and F. C. Woodworth
... three weeks of "woolding" and rummaging, Admiral Morgan began to prepare for the journey home. He sent his men to look for mules and horses on which to carry the plunder to the hidden canoas in the river. He learned at this juncture that a number of the pirates intended to leave him "by taking a ship that was in the port," and going to "rob ...
— On the Spanish Main - Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. • John Masefield


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