To make preparations for (an event, work). Obsolete.

intransitive. To prepare or make provision for an event, action, condition, etc., or for the supply of something needed. With against, for, or to…

To take in advance. transitive. To anticipate (a time) by earlier action; to provide beforehand for (a coming event).

To speak for; to arrange for, engage beforehand; to ‘order’ (goods).

transitive. With possessive and verbal noun. To prepare for. Obsolete. rare.

To speak for or bespeak in advance.

transitive. dialect. To bespeak.

trans. Theatre. To make up (a scene) on the stage; to arrange (an item of the scenery) in a particular way. Also to set the stage (also figurative…

transitive. colloquial. To take responsibility for providing or arranging; to fix up.

gen. To make preparations or arrangements for; to contrive, plot (a move, trick, etc.); to arrange (a social engagement).