prepare

Definition

To make ready for a specific future purpose; to set up; to assemble or equip; to forearm.

Etymology

Partially a back-formation from preparation; and partially borrowed from Middle French preparer, from Classical Latin praeparāre (“make ready in advance”), from prae- (“pre-”) + parāre (“make ready”). Compare Middle English preparaten (“to prepare”).

Example Sentences

• "We prepared the spacecraft for takeoff."
• "that they may prepare a city for habitation"
• "our souls, not yet prepared for upper light"

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