prepare

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And all over Asia, and the ocean, and the south, the air and the wires were throbbing with their warnings to prepare--prepare No one living, you know, knew what war was; no one could imagine, with all these new inventions, what horror war might bring.

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  1. transitive verb To make ready beforehand for a specific purpose, as for an event or occasion: The teacher prepared the students for the exams.
  2. transitive verb To put together or make by combining various elements or ingredients; manufacture or compound: prepared a meal; prepared the lecture.
  3. transitive verb To fit out; equip: prepared the ship for an arctic expedition.
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  • With only two weeks to prepare, the family went into hyperdrive to make not only the boys 'space, but the entire house MTV-ready. —  The Roanoke Times: Home page
  • ATLANTA -- Give LSU coach Les Miles a month to prepare, and he may give you your worst beating of the year. —  thetowntalk.com -
  • ATLANTA - Give LSU coach Les Miles a month to prepare, and he may give you your worst beating of the year. —  theadvertiser.com -
  • But throw a system at Sneddon and give him a week to prepare, and he'll shape his trap to disrupt any opposition's plans. —  USCHO.com News
  • "Anything to help us prepare was a good thing," said Hardesty. —  coshoctontribune.com - Local News
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English preparen, from Old French preparer, from Latin praeparāre : prae-, pre- + parāre, prepare, equip; see perə-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Old French preparer, French préparer = Spanish Portuguese preparar = Italian preparare, from Latin præparare, make ready beforehand, prepare, from præ, before, + parare, make ready: see pare.
  2. from prepare, v.
 

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