arrange : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: arrange	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for arrange
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
arrange v put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order" Synonym(s): arrange, set up Antonym(s): disarrange make arrangements for; "Can you arrange a meeting with the President?" Synonym(s): arrange, fix up plan, organize, and carry out (an event); "the neighboring tribe staged an invasion" Synonym(s): stage, arrange set (printed matter) into a specific format; "Format this letter so it can be printed out" Synonym(s): format, arrange arrange attractively; "dress my hair for the wedding" Synonym(s): dress, arrange, set, do, coif, coiffe, coiffure adapt for performance in a different way; "set this poem to music" Synonym(s): arrange, set arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times" Synonym(s): arrange, set up, put, order
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Arrange \Arrange"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Arranged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Arranging}.] [OE. arayngen, OF. arengier, F. arranger, fr. a (L. ad) + OF. rengier, rangier, F. ranger. See {Range}, v. t.] 1. To put in proper order; to dispose (persons, or parts) in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose; as, troops arranged for battle. So [they] came to the market place, and there he arranged his men in the streets. --Berners. [They] were beginning to arrange* their hampers. --Boswell. A mechanism previously arranged. --Paley. 2. To adjust or settle; to prepare; to determine; as, to arrange the preliminaries of an undertaking. Syn: Adjust; adapt; range; dispose; classify.