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  1. make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
  2. get ready for a particular purpose or event
  3. equip with sails or masts
  4. arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events
  5. put into a proper or systematic order
  6. erect and fasten
  7. set up for use
  8. place
  9. produce
  10. create by putting components or members together
  11. construct, build, or erect
  12. begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc.
  13. set up or found
  14. arrange the outcome of by means of deceit
  15. take or catch as if in a snare or trap

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