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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ready
adj
  1. completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress; "get ready"; "she is ready to resign"; "the bridge is ready to collapse"; "I am ready to work"; "ready for action"; "ready for use"; "the soup will be ready in a minute"; "ready to learn to read"
    Antonym(s): unready
  2. (of especially money) immediately available; "he seems to have ample ready money"; "a ready source of cash"
  3. mentally disposed; "he was ready to believe her"
  4. made suitable and available for immediate use; "dinner is ready"
  5. apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity; "a quick mind"; "a ready wit"
    Synonym(s): quick, ready
n
  1. poised for action; "their guns were at the ready"
v
  1. 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
  2. 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
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ready \Read"y\, a. [Compar. {Readier}; superl. {Readiest}.] [AS.
      r[aemac]de; akin to D. gereed, bereid, G. bereit, Goth.
      gar[a0]ids fixed, arranged, and possibly to E. ride, as
      meaning originally, prepared for riding. Cf. {Array}, 1st
      {Curry}.]
      1. Prepared for what one is about to do or experience;
            equipped or supplied with what is needed for some act or
            event; prepared for immediate movement or action; as, the
            troops are ready to march; ready for the journey. [bd]When
            she redy was.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
      2. Fitted or arranged for immediate use; causing no delay for
            lack of being prepared or furnished. [bd]Dinner was
            ready.[b8] --Fielding.
  
                     My oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things
                     are ready: come unto the marriage.      --Matt. xxii.
                                                                              4.
  
      3. Prepared in mind or disposition; not reluctant; willing;
            free; inclined; disposed.
  
                     I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at
                     Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus. --Acts
                                                                              xxi. 13.
  
                     If need be, I am ready to forego And quit. --Milton.
  
      4. Not slow or hesitating; quick in action or perception of
            any kind; dexterous; prompt; easy; expert; as, a ready
            apprehension; ready wit; a ready writer or workman.
            [bd]Ready in devising expedients.[b8] --Macaulay.
  
                     Gurth, whose temper was ready, through surly. --Sir
                                                                              W. Scott.
  
      5. Offering itself at once; at hand; opportune; convenient;
            near; easy. [bd]The readiest way.[b8] --Milton.
  
                     A sapling pine he wrenched from out the ground, The
                     readiest weapon that his fury found.   --Dryden.
  
      6. On the point; about; on the brink; near; -- with a
            following infinitive.
  
                     My heart is ready to crack.               --Shak.
  
      7. (Mil.) A word of command, or a position, in the manual of
            arms, at which the piece is cocked and held in position to
            execute promptly the next command, which is, aim.
  
      {All ready}, ready in every particular; wholly equipped or
            prepared. [bd][I] am all redy at your hest.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
      {Ready money}, means of immediate payment; cash. [bd]'Tis all
            the ready money fate can give.[b8] --Cowley.
  
      {Ready reckoner}, a book of tables for facilitating
            computations, as of interest, prices, etc.
  
      {To make ready}, to make preparation; to get in readiness.
  
      Syn: Prompt; expeditious; speedy; unhesitating; dexterous;
               apt; skilful; handy; expert; facile; easy; opportune;
               fitted; prepared; disposed; willing; free; cheerful. See
               {Prompt}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ready \Read"y\, adv.
      In a state of preparation for immediate action; so as to need
      no delay.
  
               We ourselves will go ready armed.            --Num. xxxii.
                                                                              17.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ready \Read"y\, n.
      Ready money; cash; -- commonly with the; as, he was supplied
      with the ready. [Slang]
  
               Lord Strut was not flush in ready, either to go to law,
               or to clear old debts.                           --Arbuthnot.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ready \Read"y\, v. t.
      To dispose in order. [Obs.] --Heywood.
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