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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
arrange
    v 1: put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books
         on the shelves in chronological order" [syn: arrange,
         set up] [ant: disarrange]
    2: make arrangements for; "Can you arrange a meeting with the
       President?" [syn: arrange, fix up]
    3: plan, organize, and carry out (an event); "the neighboring
       tribe staged an invasion" [syn: stage, arrange]
    4: set (printed matter) into a specific format; "Format this
       letter so it can be printed out" [syn: format, arrange]
    5: arrange attractively; "dress my hair for the wedding" [syn:
       dress, arrange, set, do, coif, coiffe,
       coiffure]
    6: adapt for performance in a different way; "set this poem to
       music" [syn: arrange, set]
    7: arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events; "arrange my
       schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with
       those of bygone times" [syn: arrange, set up, put,
       order]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Arrange \Ar*range"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Arranged; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Arranging.] [OE. arayngen, OF. arengier, F.
   arranger, fr. a (L. ad) + OF. rengier, rangier, F. ranger.
   See Range, v. t.]
   1. To put in proper order; to dispose (persons, or parts) in
      the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose; as,
      troops arranged for battle.
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            So [they] came to the market place, and there he
            arranged his men in the streets.      --Berners.
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            [They] were beginning to arrange their hampers.
                                                  --Boswell.
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            A mechanism previously arranged.      --Paley.
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   2. To adjust or settle; to prepare; to determine; as, to
      arrange the preliminaries of an undertaking.
      [1913 Webster]

   Syn: Adjust; adapt; range; dispose; classify.
        [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for arrange:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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