Definition of "prepare"

prepare

/pɹɪˈpɛə/

verb
third-person singular simple present prepares, present participle preparing, simple past and past participle prepared
1. (transitive) To make ready for a specific future purpose; to set up; to assemble or equip.
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  that they may prepare a city for habitation
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Psalms 107:36
  our souls, not yet prepared for upper light
  1700, [John] Dryden, “The Flower and the Leaf: Or, The Lady in the Arbour. A Vision.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […]
2. (transitive) To make ready for eating or drinking; to cook.
3. (intransitive) To make oneself ready; to get ready, make preparation.
  Quotations
  As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.
  1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess‎
  Tourists visited a memorial hall adorned by a slogan in the handwriting of Chiang Kai-shek, Taiwan's divisive former nationalist leader: "Stay alert and prepare for battle."
  2023 April 10, “Taiwan's frontline islanders resigned in face of Chinese military might”, in France 24‎, archived from the original on 2023-04-10‎
4. (transitive) To produce or make by combining elements; to synthesize, compound.
noun
1. (obsolete) preparation
  Quotations
  Go levy men, and make prepare for war;
  c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act IV, scene i], line 130

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