CONFIGURE

configure

(verb) set up for a particular purpose; “configure my new computer”; “configure a plane for a combat mission”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

configure (third-person singular simple present configures, present participle configuring, simple past and past participle configured)

(transitive) To set up or arrange something in such a way that it is ready for operation for a particular purpose, or to someone's particular liking

Source: Wiktionary


Con*fig"ure, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Configured; p.pr. & vb.n. Configuring.] Etym: [L. configurare: cf. F. configurer. See Configurate.]

Definition: To arrange or dispose in a certain form, figure, or shape. Bentley.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

3 May 2025

DESIRABLE

(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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