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Prepared

adjective

1.

Made ready or fit or suitable beforehand. "Be prepared for emergencies"

2.

Having made preparations. Synonyms: disposed, fain, inclined.

3.

Equipped or prepared with necessary intellectual resources. "Equipped to be a scholar"

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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... not the character, but the Truth of Christianity, the philosopher should be careful to protect his mind from the delusions of its charms. He should separate the exercises of the understanding from the tendencies of the fancy or of the heart. He should be prepared to follow the light of evidence, though it should lead him to conclusions the most painful and melancholy. He should train his mind to all the hardihood of abstract and unfeeling intelligence. He should give up every thing to the supremacy of argument ...

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