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