An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
PREPARED
prepared
(adjective) equipped or prepared with necessary intellectual resources; “graduates well equipped to handle such problems”; “equipped to be a scholar”
prepared
(adjective) made ready or fit or suitable beforehand; “a prepared statement”; “be prepared for emergencies”
fain, disposed(p), inclined, prepared
(adjective) having made preparations; “prepared to take risks”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
prepared (comparative more prepared, superlative most prepared)
(followed by the preposition to) Disposed, willing, ready (to do something).
Hyponyms
• well-prepared
Verb
prepared
simple past tense and past participle of prepare
Anagrams
• dapperer
Source: Wiktionary
Pre*pared", a.
Definition: Made fit or suitable; adapted; ready; as, prepared food; prepared questions.
– Pre*par"ed*ly, adv. Shak.
– Pre*par"ed*ness, n.
PREPARE
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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