To make ready, get ready (a person): chiefly reflexive to make oneself ready, prepare, set, or address oneself (to do something). Obsolete.

To prepare or fit (a person); also, to discipline, train. Obsolete.

transitive. To prepare (a person) for a business; to make acquainted, initiate, prime. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To make white, or as a candidate; to whitewash (figurative).

transitive. To prepare (a person), to make ready for; spec. (chiefly North American) to train (a person) for a competition. Also with up.

figurative. To prepare as a political candidate; in extended use, to prepare or coach for a career, a sporting contest, etc. Originally U.S.