In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PREPARE
fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
(verb) 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”
train, prepare
(verb) 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”
train, develop, prepare, educate
(verb) create by training and teaching; “The old master is training world-class violinists”; “we develop the leaders for the future”
organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate
(verb) arrange by systematic planning and united effort; “machinate a plot”; “organize a strike”; “devise a plan to take over the director’s office”
cook, fix, ready, make, prepare
(verb) prepare for eating by applying heat; “Cook me dinner, please”; “can you make me an omelette?”; “fix breakfast for the guests, please”
prepare
(verb) to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery; “prepare a report”; “prepare a speech”
prepare
(verb) 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”
prepare, groom, train
(verb) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
prepare (third-person singular simple present prepares, present participle preparing, simple past and past participle prepared)
(transitive) To make ready for a specific future purpose; to set up; to assemble or equip.
(transitive) To make ready for eating or drinking; to cook.
(intransitive) To make oneself ready; to get ready, make preparation.
(transitive) To produce or make by combining elements; to synthesize, compound.
Usage notes
• This is a catenative verb that can take a following verb in its to + infinitive form. See English catenative verbs
Synonyms
• busk (obsolete), graith (obsolete), ready, yark (obsolete)
Noun
prepare
(obsolete) preparation
Anagrams
• paperer, repaper
Source: Wiktionary
Pre*pare", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prepare; p. pr. & vb. n. Preparing.] Etym: [F. préparer, L. praeparare; prae before + parare to make ready. See Pare.]
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. Our souls, not yet prepared for upper light. Dryden.
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. That they may prepare a city for habitation. Ps. cvii. 36
Syn.
– To fit; adjust; adapt; qualify; equip; provide; form; make; make; ready.
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.
2. To make one's self ready; to get ready; to take the necessary previous measures; as, to prepare for death.
Pre*pare", n.
Definition: Preparation. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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