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pre⋅pare

  [pri-pair] verb, -pared, -par⋅ing.
–verb (used with object)
1. to put in proper condition or readiness: to prepare a patient for surgery.
2. to get (a meal) ready for eating, as by proper assembling, cooking, etc.
3. to manufacture, compound, or compose: to prepare a cough syrup.
4. Music. to lead up to (a discord, an embellishment, etc.) by some preliminary tone or tones.
–verb (used without object)
5. to put things or oneself in readiness; get ready: to prepare for war.
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Origin:
1520–30; < L praeparāre to make ready beforehand, equiv. to prae- pre- + parāre to set, get ready (akin to parent )

Related forms:
pre⋅par⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. provide, arrange, order. Prepare, contrive, devise imply planning for and making ready for something expected or thought possible. To prepare is to make ready beforehand for some approaching event, need, and the like: to prepare a room, a speech. Contrive and devise emphasize the exercise of ingenuity and inventiveness. The first word suggests a shrewdness that borders on trickery, but this is absent from devise: to contrive a means of escape; to devise a time-saving method. 3. make.

Antonyms:
1. disorganize.
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pre·pare   (prĭ-pâr')   
v.   pre·pared, pre·par·ing, pre·pares

v.   tr.

  1. To make ready beforehand for a specific purpose, as for an event or occasion: The teacher prepared the students for the exams.

  2. To put together or make by combining various elements or ingredients; manufacture or compound: prepared a meal; prepared the lecture.

  3. To fit out; equip: prepared the ship for an arctic expedition.

  4. Music To lead up to and soften (a dissonance or its impact) by means of preparation.

v.   intr.

  1. To make things or oneself ready.

  2. To study or complete a course of study at a preparatory school.


[Middle English preparen, from Old French preparer, from Latin praeparāre : prae-, pre- + parāre, prepare, equip; see perə-1 in Indo-European roots.]
pre·par'ed·ly (-pâr'ĭd-lē) adv., pre·par'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: pre·pare
Pronunciation: pri-'pa(&)r, -'pe(&)r
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: pre·pared;pre·par·ing
1 : to make ready beforehand <prepare a patient for surgery>
2 : to put together : COMPOUND <prepared a vaccine from live virus> <prepared the doctor's prescription>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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