prepare

verb

1. 1

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

   We prepared the spacecraft for takeoff.

   that they may prepare a city for habitation

   our souls, not yet prepared for upper light

2. 2

   To make ready for eating or drinking; to cook.

   We prepared a fish for dinner.

3. 3

   To make oneself ready; to get ready, make preparation.

   We prepared for a bumpy ride.

   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.

   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."

4. 4

   To produce or make by combining elements; to synthesize, compound.

   She prepared a meal from what was left in the cupboards.

noun

1. 1

   obsoletepreparation

   Go levy men, and make prepare for war;

Forms

past tense

prepared

past participle

prepared

present participle

preparing

third person singular

prepares