prepare
    v 1: make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular
         purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children
         ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to
         leave town after I paid the hotel bill" [syn: fix,
         prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set]
    2: prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner,
       please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for
       the guests, please" [syn: cook, fix, ready, make,
       prepare]
    3: to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery;
       "prepare a report"; "prepare a speech"
    4: arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate
       a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the
       director's office" [syn: organize, organise, prepare,
       devise, get up, machinate]
    5: educate for a future role or function; "He is grooming his
       son to become his successor"; "The prince was prepared to
       become King one day"; "They trained him to be a warrior"
       [syn: prepare, groom, train]
    6: create by training and teaching; "The old master is training
       world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the
       future" [syn: train, develop, prepare, educate]
    7: lead up to and soften by sounding the dissonant note in it as
       a consonant note in the preceding chord; "prepare the discord
       in bar 139"
    8: undergo training or instruction in preparation for a
       particular role, function, or profession; "She is training to
       be a teacher"; "He trained as a legal aid" [syn: train,
       prepare]

Prepare \Pre*pare"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prepare?; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Preparing.] [F. pr['e]parer, L. praeparare; prae
   before + parare to make ready. See Pare.]
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   1. To fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose or
      condition; to make ready; to put into a state for use or
      application; as, to prepare ground for seed; to prepare a
      lesson.
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            Our souls, not yet prepared for upper light.
                                                  --Dryden.
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   2. To procure as suitable or necessary; to get ready; to
      provide; as, to prepare ammunition and provisions for
      troops; to prepare ships for defence; to prepare an
      entertainment. --Milton.
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            That they may prepare a city for habitation. --Ps.
                                                  cvii. 36
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   Syn: To fit; adjust; adapt; qualify; equip; provide; form;
        make; make; ready.
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Prepare \Pre*pare"\, v. i.
   1. To make all things ready; to put things in order; as, to
      prepare for a hostile invasion. "Bid them prepare for
      dinner." --Shak.
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   2. To make one's self ready; to get ready; to take the
      necessary previous measures; as, to prepare for death.
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Prepare \Pre*pare"\, n.
   Preparation. [Obs.] --Shak.
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