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English Dictionary: prepare	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prepare 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"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill" Synonym(s): fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please" Synonym(s): cook, fix, ready, make, prepare to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery; "prepare a report"; "prepare a speech" arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office" Synonym(s): organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate educate 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" Synonym(s): prepare, groom, train create by training and teaching; "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future" Synonym(s): train, develop, prepare, educate 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" 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" Synonym(s): train, prepare
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prepare \Prepare"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prepare[?]}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Preparing}.] [F. pr[82]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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prepare \Prepare"\, v. i. 1. To make all things ready; to put things in order; as, to prepare* for a hostile invasion. [bd]Bid them prepare for dinner.[b8] --Shak. 2. To make one's self ready; to get ready; to take the necessary previous measures; as, to prepare for death.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prepare \Pre*pare"\, n. Preparation. [Obs.] --Shak.