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Prepare v. t. (past & past part. prepared; pres. part. preparing)

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."

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. "That they may prepare a city for habitation."

Synonyms: To fit; adjust; adapt; qualify; equip; provide; form; make; make; ready.

Prepare v. i.

To make all things ready; to put things in order; as, to prepare for a hostile invasion. "Bid them prepare for dinner."

To make one's self ready; to get ready; to take the necessary previous measures; as, to prepare for death.

noun

Prepare n. Preparation. (Obs.)

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... "Nothing can prepare him," said she. Then added, with a yearning accent, "I wish I were older or had more experience. I should not feel so helpless. But the gratitude I owe him will give me strength when I need it most. Only I wish the suffering might ...

— Initials Only • Anna Katharine Green

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... she let go her train of thought and left the verandah,—it was time to change her costume and prepare "effects" to dazzle and bewilder the uncertain mind of a crafty old Croesus who, having freely enjoyed himself as a bachelor up to his present age of seventy-four, was now looking about for a young ...

— The Secret Power • Marie Corelli

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... twenty-sixth of August, Kutuzov and the whole Russian army were convinced that the battle of Borodino was a victory. Kutuzov reported so to the Emperor. He gave orders to prepare for a fresh conflict to finish the enemy and did this not to deceive anyone, but because he knew that the enemy was beaten, as everyone who had taken part in the battle ...

— War and Peace • Leo Tolstoy

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... once to prepare for a contest upon Lake Champlain. The Americans, small as their flotilla was, still kept the superiority obtained for them by Arnold's promptitude a year before. On the 25th of June the American General Schuyler, commanding the Northern Department, wrote: "We have happily such a ...

— The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence • A. T. Mahan

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... his two hours of watchfulness were passed in a nervous tremble and with hardly a blink of his wide-open eyes. Donald stood the last watch, and at its conclusion he woke the Indians and ordered them to prepare breakfast. ...

— At War with Pontiac - The Totem of the Bear • Kirk Munroe and J. Finnemore

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