preparev.

Brit.

/prᵻˈpɛː/, U.S.

/priˈpɛ(ə)r/,

/prəˈpɛ(ə)r/

Forms: late Middle English– prepare, 1500s praepare, 1500s prepayre, 1500s–1600s preparde (past tense and past participle), 1500s–1600s (1900s– nonstandard) prepaire, 1500s– prepair (now nonstandard), 1600s prepar; Scottish pre-1700 praepair, pre-1700 praepair, pre-1700 praepare, pre-1700 prapair, pre-1700 prepar, pre-1700 prepayre, pre-1700 prepear, pre-1700 propaird (past tense), pre-1700 proper, pre-1700 1700s– prepare, pre-1700 (1900s– nonstandard) prepair, pre-1700 (1900s– nonstandard) prepaire.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French préparer; Latin praeparāre.

Etymology: < Middle French, French préparer, †preparer to dress (a wound) (1314 in Old French), to make (a person or thing) ready for some future action or purpose (second half of the 14th cent. or earlier), to fit (a thing) out (late 14th cent. or earlier), to bring (a person) into a state of mental or spiritual readiness (late 14th cent. or earlier; earliest used reflexively), to make (oneself) ready or disposed for (some future action) (1485), to make (food) ready for consumption (1510), to make (a speech) ready for delivery (1559), to synthesize (a chemical substance) (1563), to make (a student) ready for an examination (1694), (in music) to lead up to (a discord) (1705) and its etymon classical Latin praeparāre to provide beforehand, to make ready beforehand, to plan in advance, to prepare mentally, to make ready by previous study < prae- pre- prefix + parāre to make ready (see pare v.¹). Compare Old Occitan, Occitan preparar (13th cent.; 12th cent. as perparar), Catalan preparar (1272), Spanish preparar (1305 or earlier), Portuguese preparar (15th cent.), Italian preparare (1353).As in other verbs denoting a process, the use of the construction is preparing or was preparing to form progressive tenses of the passive voice (= ‘is being prepared’ or ‘was being prepared’) was common in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries, and was in colloquial use down to the end of the 19th cent. Compare †in preparing , †a-preparing (e.g. quots. 1586 at preparing n., 1611 at a prep.¹ 12, a1648 at preparing n.). With to be prepared at sense 1d compare Middle French, French être préparé à (1560 or earlier in this sense). With the Older Scots forms proper , propaird compare discussion at pre- prefix.

a. transitive. To bring into a suitable condition for some future action or purpose; to make ready in advance; to fit out, equip. Also reflexive.In quots. 1616, 1793 used intransitively with passive meaning.

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the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)]

yarec888

yarkc1000

graithc1175

readya1225

biredienc1275

to make yarec1290

forgraitha1300

adightc1330

buskc1330

purveyc1330

agraith1340

disposec1375

before-graithea1382

to forge and filec1381

to make readya1382

devisec1385

bounc1390

buss?a1400

address?a1425

parel?a1425

to get upc1425

providec1425

prepare1449

bakec1450

aready1470

arm?a1505

prevenea1522

get?1530

to get ready1530

to set in readiness1575

apply1577

compose1612

predy1627

make1637

to dispose of1655

do1660

fallowa1764

to line up1934

prep1936

tee1938

1449 Rolls of Parl. V. 147/2 The Kyngs Oncle hath commaunded..that all Nobles prepare them to be redy horsed, armed, and in all wyse abilled as longeth to men of Armes.

c1466 in Archaeologia (1887) 50 49 Many moo small thingis as syngyng and Redyng and preparing the bookis and Turnyng theroff to the dyvine service afore it begyne.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. ii^v At the citee of Couentree..where he caused a sumpteous theatre and listes royal..to be prepared.

1587 J. White in R. Hakluyt Principal Navigations XIII. 358 Sir Walter Ralegh intending to perseuere in the planting of his Countrey of Virginia, prepared a newe Colonie of one hundred and fiftie men to be sent thither.

1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear iv. 253 Prepare any horses.

c1613 ( in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 56 Ye prepared yourselfe to have ridden with me to this day of trewe.

1616 T. Gataker Let. in R. Parr Life J. Usher (1686) Coll. xviii. 37 I should be glad to hear..that the second part..were preparing, or fully prepared for the Press.

1668 W. Davenant Man's the Master v. i Having first swallowed the gilded pill of love, it prepares the stomach for any thing.

a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 73 Anointed, and prepar'd for the burial.

1746 J. Hervey Medit. among Tombs 23 The bride-maids..had prepared the Marriage-bed? Had decked it with the richest Covers, and dressed it in Pillows of Down?

1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §241 While the center plug of this course was preparing to be fixed.

1832 in J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. (ed. 2) 583 In choosing and preparing the bud, fix on one seated at about the middle of a healthy shoot of the midsummer growth.

1879 P. L. Simmonds Comm. Products Sea 441 The Chinese..used to prepare strings of small rows of seed-coral beads for embroidery.

1901 R. Kipling Kim iv. 106 Who is the one-eyed and luckless son of shame that has not yet prepared my pipe?

1934 R. Graves I, Claudius xxvii. 387 Tiberius had a fleet standing by prepared to take him to Egypt if his plans went astray.

1989 Best 14 Apr. 18/2 Trays of apparatus she had prepared were tampered with.

2005 Daily Tel. 20 Oct. 23/5 Having made the pudding mixture and prepared the china bowls, place the mix in bowls.

b. transitive. To bring into a state of mental or spiritual readiness; to incline or dispose beforehand; to make mentally ready or fit for something. Frequently reflexive.

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the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] > specifically a person > mentally

preparec1520

psych1968

c1520 M. Nisbet New Test. in Scots (1903) II. 59 (margin) Christ be his death had preparit ws.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. IIIii^v Prepare our hertes to god, makyng inuocacion for grace.

1561 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalips lxvii. 475 These thinges..prepare also the reader and hearer to the treatise nowe followynge.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 555 And now prepare thee for another sight.

1703 W. Burkitt Expos. Notes New Test. Mark xiv. 72 His sinful Equivocation prepared him for a downright denial.

1789 Parson's Wife 281 I should have had notice a week beforehand, to prepare myself for the affecting interview.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. v. 564 The earl..had prepared himself for what was yet to be endured.

1898 ‘E. Lyall’ Hope the Hermit xxx You do not understand... I am trying to prepare you... He is dead.

1952 N. Mandela in Struggle is my Life (1978) ii. iii. 36 We understood that the masses had to be prepared and made ready for new forms of political struggle.

1964 R. D. Abrahams Deep down in Jungle i. ii. 57 In this way the youths prepare themselves for the hypermasculine world of the gang.

2004 Discover Oct. 60/2 None of his encounters in the microworld..quite prepared him for the discoveries he has made in Pasadena.

c. transitive. to prepare the way: = to pave the way at pave v. 3.

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the world > action or operation > easiness > do or accomplish something easily [verb (intransitive)] > facilitate progress

to make waya1200

to prepare the way1526

to clear the coast1530

to pave the wayc1585

to oil the wheels1645

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke iii. 4 The voyce off a cryar in wyldernes, prepare [c1384 Wycliffite, E.V.Make ȝe redy] the waye off the lorde, make hys pathes straight.

1533 T. More 2nd Pt. Confut. Tyndals Answere vii. p. cccv John baptyste is sent downe to prepare the waye for Antichryste.

1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. xxix. f. 320^v A poyson so daungerous..that the foode therof prepared the way to the good Ladies graue.

1640 R. Brathwait Two Lancs. Lovers xv. 117 I have prepared the way..to consummate whatsoever hath been so long proposed.

1778 C. F. Sheridan Hist. Late Revol. Sweden iii. 204 This was a great point gained towards overturning the French system in Sweden, and preparing the way for the intended grand alliance in the North.

1826 Acc. High School for Girls (Boston, U.S.) 3 The satisfactory result of this experiment prepared the way for the establishment of the High School for Girls.

1900 Times 8 Dec. 15/2 The misery consequently imposed upon many of the finest workmen in France, did not a little to prepare the way for the Revolution.

1958 W. Yale Near East iv. 55 This treaty prepared the way for future Russian advance in the Balkans.

2000 Z. V. David in A. Hastings et al. Oxf. Compan. Christian Thought 316/2 Wyclif can be seen as preparing the way via the Lollard groups for the explicitly Protestant currents in England.

d. to be prepared.

(a) transitive. To be in a state of readiness, to be ready (for, †to something); to be in a condition or position to do something. Be prepared is the motto of the Scout and Guide organizations.

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the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare or get ready [verb (intransitive)] > be prepared or ready

Be prepared1579

to stand by1669

poise1773

to be loaded for bear(s)1888

to be loaded (for)1948

society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > specific societies or organizations > [phrase] > motto of scouts or guides

Be prepared1908

1579 Poore Knights Palace C iij b Who caryed forth the Amner's hutch unto the Porters gate, And freely gave unto the poore which were preparde therat.

1607 S. Hieron Abridgem. of Gospell in Wks. (1620) I. 150 Thou art laboured with from sabboth to sabboth..that thou maist be prepared for Christ.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. iii. 77 I am prepar'd: here is my keene-edg'd Sword.

1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 48 The rest who are washed and prepared to pray.

1740 S. Richardson Pamela (1824) I. lxxiii. 419 As soon as you are prepared to speak all that is upon your mind..then we may come to an eclaircissement.

1752 Bp. W. Warburton Lett. (1809) 116 I resolved to be prepared for them (who, by the way, thought better of it).

1790 G. Washington in Jrnl. Senate U.S. (1820) (1st Congr., 1st Sess.) I. 103 To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual ways of preserving peace.

1855 A. Trollope Warden xv. 228 ‘I can't help that, and am prepared for it.’ ‘That's philosophical; it's quite refreshing to hear a man talking of his hundreds in so purely indifferent a manner.’

1908 R. S. S. Baden-Powell Scouting for Boys i. 48 The scouts' motto is founded on my initials, it is: be prepared.

1908 R. S. S. Baden-Powell Scouting for Boys i. 49 A scout..must Be Prepared at any time to save life.

1963 A. Christie Clocks xxvii. 229 What I say to you is: ‘Be prepared.’ And I don't mean it in the Boy Scout sense.

1987 K. Lette Girls' Night Out (1989) 92 Max was a kind of dying legend, So, when he did OD none of us was prepared for it.

(b) transitive. To be mentally inclined, willing, or determined to do something.

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the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > be willing to [verb (transitive)] > be ready to do something

to be prepared1797

1797 W. Godwin Enquirer i. xi. 96 Where the parent is not prepared to grant a real and bona fide equality..he should avoid the semblance of it.

1818 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 302 Witness was not prepared to say that laudanum would produce libidinousness.

1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. ii. 91 The people..were prepared to risk the sacrilege of confiscating the estates of the religious houses.

1895 Pall Mall Gaz. 8 Oct. 1/3 He was prepared to deal with every..question on its merits.

1939 G. B. Shaw Geneva i. 13 I came here to place it before a body of persons of European distinction. I am not prepared to discuss it with an irresponsible young woman.

1961 Bible (New Eng.) Acts x. 47 Is anyone prepared to withhold the water for baptism from these persons?

1989 Japan Times 15 May 1/7 Students have said they are prepared to continue their sit-in until Gorbachev's arrival.

2004 Church Times 19 Mar. 26/3 The Churches would have to be prepared to sacrifice some things that are held dear by those brought up denominationally.

e. transitive. To make ready (a speech, sermon, lesson, etc.) for subsequent recitation or delivery. Cf. sense 6b. Also intransitive.

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society > education > learning > study > [verb (transitive)] > cram

prepare1586

cram1825

to get up1828

to study up1846

1586 R. Lane in R. Hakluyt Principal Navigations 746 I (being aforehand) prepared what I would desire, craued at his hands that it would please him to take with him into England a number of weake, and vnfit men for my good action.

1683 A. Wood Life & Times (1894) III. 53 Peter Lancaster, a student of Civill Law, read a copie of English verses (for they had not time enough given to prepare).

1702 Fontvive tr. M. le Vassor Hist. Reign Lewis XIII II. vi. 99 Du Perron had already prepared his Speech, and the next Day..he went..to the House of the Nobility.

1781 D. Ritchie in Southey's Life of A. Bell (1844) I. 252 I..must prepare a new sermon for Sabbath first.

1786 A. M. Bennett Juvenile Indiscretions IV. xlv. 199 He had prepared a speech, but the power of utterance failed him.

1849 C. Brontë Shirley I. v. 97 And now, my child, prepare your lessons for repetition.

1886 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighb. xiii In this manner I prepared almost all my sermons that summer.

1919 P. G. Wodehouse Their Mutual Child i. v. 55 ‘Well?’ she said again. He tried to remember the excellent opening speech which he had prepared in the cab.

1974 J. Gardner Nickel Mountain i. ii. 8 The answer came at once, not as if she'd prepared it beforehand but as if it was something she'd known all her life.

1998 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 19 Nov. 61/2 He spent his last days issuing statements to the press and preparing a 15,000-word stump speech.

f. transitive. To get or make ready (a person) by preliminary instruction or training for college, an examination, etc.

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society > education > teaching > [verb (transitive)] > prepare by teaching

schoolc1475

prepare1801

1801 Times 4 July 1/1 (advt.) Young Gentlemen who wish to be speedily prepared for the University, will derive peculiar benefit from the Advertiser's Instructions.

1891 Spectator 5 Dec. 817 (advt.) Boys from 8 to 14 years of age are prepared for the Public Schools.

1900 Academy 15 Sept. 216/2 For ten years he has ‘prepared’ (Anglice, crammed) pupils for Army and other examinations.

1924 M. Baring C xvi. 187 Mr. Owen..was a specialist in preparing boys for Oxford and Cambridge.

1957 Encycl. Brit. X. 297/2 Various types of secondary school..prepared pupils for entry to the universities or technical colleges by means of the Abitur examination taken at the age of 18 or 19.

2001 G. Lim in V. B. Y. Ooi Evolving Identities x. 138 An institution that prepares students for the A-Level examination for entry into university.

2. transitive. To make ready (food, a meal, a drink) for eating or drinking; to cook or assemble (a dish).In quots. 1567, 1755 used intransitively with passive meaning.

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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > prepare food [verb (transitive)]

makeOE

dightc1320

dressa1325

array1366

prepare1490

guise1604

catea1617

trick1824

fix1839

get1873

nap1961

1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xxiii. 85 She..prepared to hym his mete, alle after his complexion.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke xxii. f. cxij^v Goo and prepare vs the ester lambe, that we maye eate.

1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. xxix. f. 315 During the time that supper was preparing.

1654 J. Nicoll Diary (1836) 125 A..feast, prepared by the Toun of Edinburgh for him [sc. Monk] and his speciall crowneris.

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd ii. 273 He found his Supper on the coals prepar'd .

1755 T. Amory Mem. Ladies 320 Our repast was preparing.

1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho I. iv. 106 They were preparing their supper.

1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. I. ii. 34 We set about preparing our gipsy breakfast.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xi. 72 Breakfast was soon prepared.

1930 D. L. Sayers Strong Poison i. 19 The omelette..was prepared by Philip Boyes himself and shared by his cousin.

1964 S. Bellow Herzog (1965) 163 As for the menu, on a summer evening like this she'd probably prepare vichyssoise.

1991 J. Michael Sleeping Beauty xiii. 297 She and Gail prepared dinner with the chanterelles they had picked.

3. intransitive. To put oneself, or things, in readiness; to get ready, make preparation.

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the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare or get ready [verb (intransitive)]

buskc1330

agraith1340

to make readya1382

arraya1387

providec1425

prepare1517

addressa1522

apparel1523

bouna1525

buckle1563

to make frecka1572

fettle?c1600

fix1716

to set into ——1825

to show foot1825

ready1878

to fang a pump, (loosely) a well1883

prep1900

to get (oneself) organized1926

to sharpen one's pencil1957

1517 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1928) xi. 46 Nothynge prepensynge, how they dyde prepare To scourge themselfe, and brynge them in a snare.

1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Scotl. 373/1 in Chron. I The gouernoure prepared to make a iourney into the Iles, to chastise the foresaid Donald.

1611 Bible (King James) Amos iv. 12 Prepare to meete thy God, O Israel.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) v. ii. 365 Prepare we for our Marriage.

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 86 When they prepare to prayer.

1684 in B. Cusack Everyday Eng. 1500–1700 (1998) 220 Mek Good ws of presios tiem & proper for sorer trayles as ye sie yr dely abowndin.

1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. x. 59 A prudent Mind will be always preparing, till prepared.

1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. iv. 127 He..bade her prepare to quit the abbey.

1824 W. Bullock Six Months' Residence Mexico xxvi. 375 I immediately prepared for making casts of the Aztec idols and sculptures.

1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 15 Aug. (1955) IV. 301 I took unspeakable pains in preparing to write Romola.

1889 Spectator 19 Oct. The war against which he..incessantly prepares.

1906 D. W. Forrest Authority of Christ iii. ii. 122 He [sc. God] has prepared from of old for the emergencies of every passing hour.

1929 E. Bowen Last September viii. 187 He was nonplussed at finding the door open, having prepared to tap on it inexpressively.

1987 A. Tutuola Pauper, Brawler & Slanderer ix. 34 Even I have prepared to die this morning.

2004 H. Strachan Make a Skyf, Man! i. 7 We leaned our rods on the board whilst preparing for the dash across the groyne.

†4. transitive (reflexive) and intransitive. To get ready to go to, into, etc., a place; (also) to go, set off. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > depart, leave, or go away [verb (intransitive)] > set out

forthfarec888

foundOE

seta1000

to go forthOE

to fare forthc1200

partc1230

to pass forthc1325

to take (the) gatec1330

to take the wayc1330

to take one's waya1375

puta1382

treunt?a1400

movec1400

depart1490

prepare?1518

to set forth1530

to set forward(s)1530

busklea1535

to make out1558

to take forth1568

to set out1583

sally1590

start1591

to go off1600

to put forth1604

to start outa1626

intend1646

to take the road1720

to take one's foot in one's hand1755

to set off1774

to get off1778

to set away1817

to take out1855

to haul out1866

to hit the trail (less commonly the grit, pike, road, etc.)1873

to hit, split or take the breeze1910

hop1922

society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > depart, leave, or go away [verb (reflexive)] > set out

setc1460

prepare?1518

?1518 Virgilius sig. aiij He raysed a great armey..and prepared hym towarde the towne.

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 377/2 Vnles he would prepare hymselfe into Asia.

1599 Hist. Syr Clyomon & Clamydes sig. D2^v To Denmarke will I straight prepare.

a1662 P. Heylyn Aerius Redivivus (1670) 220 With these Instructions he prepares to the Court of Scotland.

1784 R. Bage Barham Downs II. 250 We are actually preparing for England.

a. transitive. To get or have in readiness beforehand; to provide. Now rare or merged in sense 1a.

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the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide beforehand

foreseec900

purveyc1330

provise1484

prepare1535

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms lxiv. [lxv.] 9 Thou preparest man his corne [1611 Thou preparest them corne; 1885 R.V. Thou providest them corn].

1611 Instructions of Marshall in W. Strachey For Colony in Virginea (1612) 62 They shall dismisse the company; those that are to set the watch, with charge to prepare their Armes, the others vnto their rests and lodgings.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 56 The Sled, the Tumbril, Hurdles and the Flail... These all must be prepar'd, if Plowmen hope The promis'd Blessing of a Bounteous Crop.

1859 Ld. Tennyson Lancelot & Elaine 1115 in Idylls of King Let there be prepared a chariot-bier To take me to the river, and a barge..clothed in black.

†b. transitive (reflexive). To equip oneself preparatorily with. Also in passive: to be so equipped. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply [verb (reflexive)] > equip oneself

purveyc1300

warnisha1400

adub?1473

provide1490

prepare1586

equip1841

1586 R. Lane in R. Hakluyt Principal Navigations p.7^v 44 Now to the end that we might be the fewer in number together, and so be the more easilie dealt withall (for in deede ten of vs with our armes prepared, were a terror to a hundred of the best sort of them).

?1614 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses ii. 17 Nor came alone; nor with men troopes prepar'd; But two fleete dogs, made, both his traine, and Guard.

1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes vii. vii. §5. 1167 To prepare our selues with things necessarie for the Warre, especially of Powder.

a. transitive. gen. To produce, form, or make, esp. by bringing together ingredients or components; to manufacture; to synthesize, concoct, compound.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > manufacture or production > manufacture or produce [verb (transitive)] > by combination, extraction, etc.

makeeOE

prepare1535

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms xciv. [xcv.] 5 The see is his for he made it, and his hondes prepared the drie londe.

?1550 H. Llwyd tr. Pope John XXI Treasury of Healthe (1585) X viij Let the matter be preparid with oxisaccharum in thre partes therof.

1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 51 Prepair thy creddill in my Spreit.

1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 34 Oyntments that are prepared against the French or Spanish-pox.

1634 in R. W. Cochran-Patrick Rec. Coinage Scotl. (1876) II. 103 Libertie..to bring his copper from Ingland alreadie prepaired and hulten.

1676 J. Evelyn Philos. Disc. Earth 64 Animals in preparing Chyle, transmute, alter, and insume what is only their proper aliment.

1712 R. Blackmore Creation ii. 77 In vain the Author had the Eye prepar'd With so much Skill, had not the Light appear'd.

1740 G. Smith tr. Laboratory (ed. 2) App. p. lvii The stars and sparks..are prepared in the following manner.

1809 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 21 356 I suggested to the apothecary..to prepare some pills of five grains each.

1856 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. II. 451 The most convenient methods of preparing nitrogen are based upon the removal of oxygen from atmospheric air.

1913 J. Hall-Edwards Carbon Dioxide Snow 28 Having prepared our cone, or stick of snow..the first step is to place the patient in a comfortable and easy position.

1934 Jrnl. Biol. Chem. 106 433 The vitamin G concentrate..was prepared by extracting hog livers with boiling water, [etc.].

1973 R. W. Sillars Electr. Insulating Materials vii. 123 Pressboard is prepared from cotton rag fibres.

2001 P. Ball Bright Earth vii. 173 In the course of investigating the chemical properties of arsenic in 1775, Scheele prepared the green compound copper arsenite.

b. transitive. To compose and write out; to draw up (a text or document).In quot. 1854 used intransitively with passive meaning.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > writing > manner of writing > [verb (transitive)] > draw up document

writeOE

makec1300

drawc1390

to make upa1425

to make out1465

prepare1562

to draw up1623

scriven1742

to draw out1773

redact1837

1562 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 17 Bot it sal suffice for the support of my memorie..to hef præparit to me self this memorial.

1630 in W. Fraser Mem. Earls of Haddington (1889) II. 169 To prepar my compts of the conceled munneis.

1655 J. Shirley Polititian i. 8 Go. Have you Prepar'd your last accompts? Al. They are ready sir.

1680 in M. Wood Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1950) X. 414 [A committee] to..hear the..complaints of the merchants and to prepair the same to the councell.

1704 C. Davenant Let. 15 Aug. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) IV. 244 I had prepared a very elaborate letter to Her Royal Highness.

1797 A. Radcliffe Italian I. xi. 335 Do you prepare a few lines to acquaint Vivaldi with your consent to his proposal.

1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) IV. 271 The deed of settlement having been prepared and engrossed by the direction of Lord Coventry.

1854 J. S. C. Abbott Napoleon (1855) I. xxxvii. 577 A code is preparing for the regulation of commerce.

a1873 H. W. Wilberforce Ch. & Empires (1874) 306 The Bulls were being prepared as speedily as was possible.

1920 A. Carnegie Autobiogr. xi. 155 During the voyage I prepared a prospectus which I had printed upon my arrival in London.

1977 Time 28 Feb. 22/1 The staff work was sometimes shoddy and key memos poorly prepared.

1993 C. T. Rowan Dream Makers, Dream Breakers iv. 51 He rushed to prepare documents asking the Baltimore City Court to issue a writ of mandamus.

7. transitive. To bring (an object, substance, surface, etc.) into a fit condition for use by means of some special or technical process; to work up; to dress. In quot. 1665: to put in proper order, make tidy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > put in (proper) order [verb (transitive)] > put in order or tidy

redeOE

slick1340

redda1500

prepare1585

spruce1594

rid1599

snod1608

to clear up1762

snug1787

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straighten1867

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the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] > for use > by some special process

prepare1753

1585 R. B. Difference Aunc. & Latter Phisicke sig. Bviii The body was so prepared, that therein was made a perfect vnion betweene Corpus, Anima, & Spiritus.

1665 Orders Ld. Mayor London in D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year (1722) 53 That every Householder do cause the Street to be daily prepared before his Door.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Insects Skeletons..have been prepared by burying them in an ant-hill.

1799 G. Shaw Vivarium Naturæ, or Naturalist’s Misc. X. Pl. 386 Mr. Dobson, so much distinguished by his exquisite manner of preparing specimens of vegetable anatomy.

1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 484 Pure clay..is always opaque, and the flint..always transparent; but both are prepared previously to being used.

1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 90/1 Sheep-skins are sometimes prepared to imitate morocco.

1929 F. H. Colvin & H. F. Colvin Aircraft Handbk. (ed. 4) iii. 64 To prepare oleo for use. 1. Pull piston out of cylinder and remove auxiliary piston, [etc.]

1986 A. Limon in A. Limon et al. Home Owner Man. (ed. 2) i. vi. 110 Carlite is a retarded hemihydrate pre-mixed gypsum plaster..and requires only the addition of water to prepare it for use.

2005 Which? June 42/1 Orbital sanders are ideal for preparing surfaces for painting or varnishing.

8. transitive. Music. To lead up to (a discord) by sounding the dissonant note in it as a consonant note in the preceding chord. Cf. preparation n. 6.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > harmony or sounds in combination > harmonize [verb (transitive)] > suspend, etc.

prepare1728

resolve1728

suspend1853

society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > section of piece of music > ornament > [verb (transitive)] > lead up to grace

prepare1908

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Discord The Discord is prepar'd by subsisting first in the Harmony in the Quality of a Concord.

1869 F. A. G. Ouseley Treat. Counterpoint v. 24 Always let the dissonant note be heard as a concord in the preceding chord. This is called preparing it.

1878 Proc. Musical Assoc. (4th Sess., 1877–8) 118 This class of discords is called by our teachers of harmony essential discords, which they take care to prepare.

1908 N.E.D. Prepare, to lead up to (a shake or other grace) by a preliminary note, turn, etc.

1915 H. Parry in Mus. Q. 1 322 The gradual abandonment, step by step, of the practice of preparing a discord came from the fact that instruments [as distinct from singers] could take any note in relation to any other.

1934 Musical Times Sept. 804/1 He [sc. Guilelmus Monachus] was perhaps the first to prepare dissonances in a manner that made the transition from mediæval harmony to modern music a natural and easy matter.

1987 Mus. Anal. 6 144 The dissonant notes are not always prepared (by common note or step) in the model, but always resolve properly.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prepare
释义	preparen. Brit. /prᵻˈpɛː/, U.S. /priˈpɛ(ə)r/, /prəˈpɛ(ə)r/ Forms: 1500s prepair (Scottish), 1500s–1600s 1800s– prepare. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: prepare v. Etymology: < prepare v. Now rare. 1. The action of preparing; preparation.In later use chiefly in representations of regional and nonstandard speech. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [noun] yarkingc1000 forgraithinga1300 apparellingc1315 ordinancec1330 purveyancec1330 graithinga1340 purveying1340 providencea1382 making readyc1384 preparationa1393 paring1393 provisiona1398 parelc1425 apparelc1430 parelling?a1440 ablingc1450 munition1480 preparing1497 arraya1500 readyinga1500 repurveancea1500 ordaining1509 apparation1533 preparementa1538 apprest1539 preparaturea1540 preparance1543 order1545 apparance1546 prepare1548 fore-preparationa1586 ettlingc1600 apparelment1607 parationa1617 comparation1623 address1633 apparatus1638 prep1920 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. xvij^v Shortly suche prepare should bee made, that he should see and proue, that [etc.]. 1595 T. Bedingfield tr. N. Machiavelli Florentine Hist. iii. 73 You see the prepare of your adversaries. a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 24 Beseikand him that he wald mak prepair In Albione sen he wes prince and air. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) iv. i. 128 Goe leuie men, and make prepare for Warre. View more context for this quotation 1631 Earl of Manchester Contemplatio Mortis 73 Delay not thy prepare for death. a1810 R. Tannahill Meg o' the Glen in Poems (1846) 143 Meg o' the glen set aff to the fair, Wi' ruffles, an' ribbons, an' meikle prepare. 1941 E. Mittelholzer Corentyne Thunder ix. 46 To-morrow dis time we a-mek big prepare fo' de feed-up. †2. Dyeing. A substance used as a mordant to prepare calico for printing. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1874 W. Crookes Pract. Handbk. Dyeing ii. vii. 542 As ‘prepares’ for steam-colours, all the antimonial compounds hitherto tried have shown themselves inferior to tin. 1893 T. E. Thorpe Dict. Applied Chem. III. 57/1 It is also used as a ‘prepare’ for steam colours in calico-printing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). preparev. Brit. /prᵻˈpɛː/, U.S. /priˈpɛ(ə)r/, /prəˈpɛ(ə)r/ Forms: late Middle English– prepare, 1500s praepare, 1500s prepayre, 1500s–1600s preparde (past tense and past participle), 1500s–1600s (1900s– nonstandard) prepaire, 1500s– prepair (now nonstandard), 1600s prepar; Scottish pre-1700 praepair, pre-1700 praepair, pre-1700 praepare, pre-1700 prapair, pre-1700 prepar, pre-1700 prepayre, pre-1700 prepear, pre-1700 propaird (past tense), pre-1700 proper, pre-1700 1700s– prepare, pre-1700 (1900s– nonstandard) prepair, pre-1700 (1900s– nonstandard) prepaire. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French préparer; Latin praeparāre. Etymology: < Middle French, French préparer, †preparer to dress (a wound) (1314 in Old French), to make (a person or thing) ready for some future action or purpose (second half of the 14th cent. or earlier), to fit (a thing) out (late 14th cent. or earlier), to bring (a person) into a state of mental or spiritual readiness (late 14th cent. or earlier; earliest used reflexively), to make (oneself) ready or disposed for (some future action) (1485), to make (food) ready for consumption (1510), to make (a speech) ready for delivery (1559), to synthesize (a chemical substance) (1563), to make (a student) ready for an examination (1694), (in music) to lead up to (a discord) (1705) and its etymon classical Latin praeparāre to provide beforehand, to make ready beforehand, to plan in advance, to prepare mentally, to make ready by previous study < prae- pre- prefix + parāre to make ready (see pare v.¹). Compare Old Occitan, Occitan preparar (13th cent.; 12th cent. as perparar), Catalan preparar (1272), Spanish preparar (1305 or earlier), Portuguese preparar (15th cent.), Italian preparare (1353).As in other verbs denoting a process, the use of the construction is preparing or was preparing to form progressive tenses of the passive voice (= ‘is being prepared’ or ‘was being prepared’) was common in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries, and was in colloquial use down to the end of the 19th cent. Compare †in preparing , †a-preparing (e.g. quots. 1586 at preparing n., 1611 at a prep.¹ 12, a1648 at preparing n.). With to be prepared at sense 1d compare Middle French, French être préparé à (1560 or earlier in this sense). With the Older Scots forms proper , propaird compare discussion at pre- prefix. 1. a. transitive. To bring into a suitable condition for some future action or purpose; to make ready in advance; to fit out, equip. Also reflexive.In quots. 1616, 1793 used intransitively with passive meaning. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] yarec888 yarkc1000 graithc1175 readya1225 biredienc1275 to make yarec1290 forgraitha1300 adightc1330 buskc1330 purveyc1330 agraith1340 disposec1375 before-graithea1382 to forge and filec1381 to make readya1382 devisec1385 bounc1390 buss?a1400 address?a1425 parel?a1425 to get upc1425 providec1425 prepare1449 bakec1450 aready1470 arm?a1505 prevenea1522 get?1530 to get ready1530 to get ready1530 to set in readiness1575 apply1577 compose1612 predy1627 make1637 to dispose of1655 do1660 fallowa1764 to line up1934 prep1936 tee1938 1449 Rolls of Parl. V. 147/2 The Kyngs Oncle hath commaunded..that all Nobles prepare them to be redy horsed, armed, and in all wyse abilled as longeth to men of Armes. c1466 in Archaeologia (1887) 50 49 Many moo small thingis as syngyng and Redyng and preparing the bookis and Turnyng theroff to the dyvine service afore it begyne. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. ii^v At the citee of Couentree..where he caused a sumpteous theatre and listes royal..to be prepared. 1587 J. White in R. Hakluyt Principal Navigations XIII. 358 Sir Walter Ralegh intending to perseuere in the planting of his Countrey of Virginia, prepared a newe Colonie of one hundred and fiftie men to be sent thither. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear iv. 253 Prepare any horses. c1613 ( in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 56 Ye prepared yourselfe to have ridden with me to this day of trewe. 1616 T. Gataker Let. in R. Parr Life J. Usher (1686) Coll. xviii. 37 I should be glad to hear..that the second part..were preparing, or fully prepared for the Press. 1668 W. Davenant Man's the Master v. i Having first swallowed the gilded pill of love, it prepares the stomach for any thing. a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 73 Anointed, and prepar'd for the burial. 1746 J. Hervey Medit. among Tombs 23 The bride-maids..had prepared the Marriage-bed? Had decked it with the richest Covers, and dressed it in Pillows of Down? 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §241 While the center plug of this course was preparing to be fixed. 1832 in J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. (ed. 2) 583 In choosing and preparing the bud, fix on one seated at about the middle of a healthy shoot of the midsummer growth. 1879 P. L. Simmonds Comm. Products Sea 441 The Chinese..used to prepare strings of small rows of seed-coral beads for embroidery. 1901 R. Kipling Kim iv. 106 Who is the one-eyed and luckless son of shame that has not yet prepared my pipe? 1934 R. Graves I, Claudius xxvii. 387 Tiberius had a fleet standing by prepared to take him to Egypt if his plans went astray. 1989 Best 14 Apr. 18/2 Trays of apparatus she had prepared were tampered with. 2005 Daily Tel. 20 Oct. 23/5 Having made the pudding mixture and prepared the china bowls, place the mix in bowls. b. transitive. To bring into a state of mental or spiritual readiness; to incline or dispose beforehand; to make mentally ready or fit for something. Frequently reflexive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] > specifically a person > mentally preparec1520 psych1968 c1520 M. Nisbet New Test. in Scots (1903) II. 59 (margin) Christ be his death had preparit ws. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. IIIii^v Prepare our hertes to god, makyng inuocacion for grace. 1561 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalips lxvii. 475 These thinges..prepare also the reader and hearer to the treatise nowe followynge. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 555 And now prepare thee for another sight. View more context for this quotation 1703 W. Burkitt Expos. Notes New Test. Mark xiv. 72 His sinful Equivocation prepared him for a downright denial. 1789 Parson's Wife 281 I should have had notice a week beforehand, to prepare myself for the affecting interview. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. v. 564 The earl..had prepared himself for what was yet to be endured. 1898 ‘E. Lyall’ Hope the Hermit xxx You do not understand... I am trying to prepare you... He is dead. 1952 N. Mandela in Struggle is my Life (1978) ii. iii. 36 We understood that the masses had to be prepared and made ready for new forms of political struggle. 1964 R. D. Abrahams Deep down in Jungle i. ii. 57 In this way the youths prepare themselves for the hypermasculine world of the gang. 2004 Discover Oct. 60/2 None of his encounters in the microworld..quite prepared him for the discoveries he has made in Pasadena. c. transitive. to prepare the way: = to pave the way at pave v. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > do or accomplish something easily [verb (intransitive)] > facilitate progress to make waya1200 to prepare the way1526 to clear the coast1530 to pave the wayc1585 to oil the wheels1645 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke iii. 4 The voyce off a cryar in wyldernes, prepare [c1384 Wycliffite, E.V.Make ȝe redy] the waye off the lorde, make hys pathes straight. 1533 T. More 2nd Pt. Confut. Tyndals Answere vii. p. cccv John baptyste is sent downe to prepare the waye for Antichryste. 1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. xxix. f. 320^v A poyson so daungerous..that the foode therof prepared the way to the good Ladies graue. 1640 R. Brathwait Two Lancs. Lovers xv. 117 I have prepared the way..to consummate whatsoever hath been so long proposed. 1778 C. F. Sheridan Hist. Late Revol. Sweden iii. 204 This was a great point gained towards overturning the French system in Sweden, and preparing the way for the intended grand alliance in the North. 1826 Acc. High School for Girls (Boston, U.S.) 3 The satisfactory result of this experiment prepared the way for the establishment of the High School for Girls. 1900 Times 8 Dec. 15/2 The misery consequently imposed upon many of the finest workmen in France, did not a little to prepare the way for the Revolution. 1958 W. Yale Near East iv. 55 This treaty prepared the way for future Russian advance in the Balkans. 2000 Z. V. David in A. Hastings et al. Oxf. Compan. Christian Thought 316/2 Wyclif can be seen as preparing the way via the Lollard groups for the explicitly Protestant currents in England. d. to be prepared. (a) transitive. To be in a state of readiness, to be ready (for, †to something); to be in a condition or position to do something. Be prepared is the motto of the Scout and Guide organizations. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare or get ready [verb (intransitive)] > be prepared or ready Be prepared1579 to stand by1669 poise1773 to be loaded for bear(s)1888 to be loaded (for)1948 society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > specific societies or organizations > [phrase] > motto of scouts or guides Be prepared1908 1579 Poore Knights Palace C iij b Who caryed forth the Amner's hutch unto the Porters gate, And freely gave unto the poore which were preparde therat. 1607 S. Hieron Abridgem. of Gospell in Wks. (1620) I. 150 Thou art laboured with from sabboth to sabboth..that thou maist be prepared for Christ. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. iii. 77 I am prepar'd: here is my keene-edg'd Sword. View more context for this quotation 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 48 The rest who are washed and prepared to pray. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela (1824) I. lxxiii. 419 As soon as you are prepared to speak all that is upon your mind..then we may come to an eclaircissement. 1752 Bp. W. Warburton Lett. (1809) 116 I resolved to be prepared for them (who, by the way, thought better of it). 1790 G. Washington in Jrnl. Senate U.S. (1820) (1st Congr., 1st Sess.) I. 103 To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual ways of preserving peace. 1855 A. Trollope Warden xv. 228 ‘I can't help that, and am prepared for it.’ ‘That's philosophical; it's quite refreshing to hear a man talking of his hundreds in so purely indifferent a manner.’ 1908 R. S. S. Baden-Powell Scouting for Boys i. 48 The scouts' motto is founded on my initials, it is: be prepared. 1908 R. S. S. Baden-Powell Scouting for Boys i. 49 A scout..must Be Prepared at any time to save life. 1963 A. Christie Clocks xxvii. 229 What I say to you is: ‘Be prepared.’ And I don't mean it in the Boy Scout sense. 1987 K. Lette Girls' Night Out (1989) 92 Max was a kind of dying legend, So, when he did OD none of us was prepared for it. (b) transitive. To be mentally inclined, willing, or determined to do something. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > be willing to [verb (transitive)] > be ready to do something to be prepared1797 1797 W. Godwin Enquirer i. xi. 96 Where the parent is not prepared to grant a real and bona fide equality..he should avoid the semblance of it. 1818 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 302 Witness was not prepared to say that laudanum would produce libidinousness. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. ii. 91 The people..were prepared to risk the sacrilege of confiscating the estates of the religious houses. 1895 Pall Mall Gaz. 8 Oct. 1/3 He was prepared to deal with every..question on its merits. 1939 G. B. Shaw Geneva i. 13 I came here to place it before a body of persons of European distinction. I am not prepared to discuss it with an irresponsible young woman. 1961 Bible (New Eng.) Acts x. 47 Is anyone prepared to withhold the water for baptism from these persons? 1989 Japan Times 15 May 1/7 Students have said they are prepared to continue their sit-in until Gorbachev's arrival. 2004 Church Times 19 Mar. 26/3 The Churches would have to be prepared to sacrifice some things that are held dear by those brought up denominationally. e. transitive. To make ready (a speech, sermon, lesson, etc.) for subsequent recitation or delivery. Cf. sense 6b. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > study > [verb (transitive)] > cram prepare1586 cram1825 to get up1828 to study up1846 1586 R. Lane in R. Hakluyt Principal Navigations 746 I (being aforehand) prepared what I would desire, craued at his hands that it would please him to take with him into England a number of weake, and vnfit men for my good action. 1683 A. Wood Life & Times (1894) III. 53 Peter Lancaster, a student of Civill Law, read a copie of English verses (for they had not time enough given to prepare). 1702 Fontvive tr. M. le Vassor Hist. Reign Lewis XIII II. vi. 99 Du Perron had already prepared his Speech, and the next Day..he went..to the House of the Nobility. 1781 D. Ritchie in Southey's Life of A. Bell (1844) I. 252 I..must prepare a new sermon for Sabbath first. 1786 A. M. Bennett Juvenile Indiscretions IV. xlv. 199 He had prepared a speech, but the power of utterance failed him. 1849 C. Brontë Shirley I. v. 97 And now, my child, prepare your lessons for repetition. 1886 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighb. xiii In this manner I prepared almost all my sermons that summer. 1919 P. G. Wodehouse Their Mutual Child i. v. 55 ‘Well?’ she said again. He tried to remember the excellent opening speech which he had prepared in the cab. 1974 J. Gardner Nickel Mountain i. ii. 8 The answer came at once, not as if she'd prepared it beforehand but as if it was something she'd known all her life. 1998 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 19 Nov. 61/2 He spent his last days issuing statements to the press and preparing a 15,000-word stump speech. f. transitive. To get or make ready (a person) by preliminary instruction or training for college, an examination, etc. ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > [verb (transitive)] > prepare by teaching schoolc1475 prepare1801 1801 Times 4 July 1/1 (advt.) Young Gentlemen who wish to be speedily prepared for the University, will derive peculiar benefit from the Advertiser's Instructions. 1891 Spectator 5 Dec. 817 (advt.) Boys from 8 to 14 years of age are prepared for the Public Schools. 1900 Academy 15 Sept. 216/2 For ten years he has ‘prepared’ (Anglice, crammed) pupils for Army and other examinations. 1924 M. Baring C xvi. 187 Mr. Owen..was a specialist in preparing boys for Oxford and Cambridge. 1957 Encycl. Brit. X. 297/2 Various types of secondary school..prepared pupils for entry to the universities or technical colleges by means of the Abitur examination taken at the age of 18 or 19. 2001 G. Lim in V. B. Y. Ooi Evolving Identities x. 138 An institution that prepares students for the A-Level examination for entry into university. 2. transitive. To make ready (food, a meal, a drink) for eating or drinking; to cook or assemble (a dish).In quots. 1567, 1755 used intransitively with passive meaning. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > prepare food [verb (transitive)] makeOE dightc1320 dressa1325 array1366 prepare1490 guise1604 catea1617 trick1824 fix1839 get1873 nap1961 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xxiii. 85 She..prepared to hym his mete, alle after his complexion. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke xxii. f. cxij^v Goo and prepare vs the ester lambe, that we maye eate. 1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. xxix. f. 315 During the time that supper was preparing. 1654 J. Nicoll Diary (1836) 125 A..feast, prepared by the Toun of Edinburgh for him [sc. Monk] and his speciall crowneris. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd ii. 273 He found his Supper on the coals prepar'd . View more context for this quotation 1755 T. Amory Mem. Ladies 320 Our repast was preparing. 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho I. iv. 106 They were preparing their supper. 1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. I. ii. 34 We set about preparing our gipsy breakfast. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xi. 72 Breakfast was soon prepared. 1930 D. L. Sayers Strong Poison i. 19 The omelette..was prepared by Philip Boyes himself and shared by his cousin. 1964 S. Bellow Herzog (1965) 163 As for the menu, on a summer evening like this she'd probably prepare vichyssoise. 1991 J. Michael Sleeping Beauty xiii. 297 She and Gail prepared dinner with the chanterelles they had picked. 3. intransitive. To put oneself, or things, in readiness; to get ready, make preparation. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare or get ready [verb (intransitive)] buskc1330 agraith1340 to make readya1382 arraya1387 providec1425 prepare1517 addressa1522 apparel1523 bouna1525 buckle1563 to make frecka1572 fettle?c1600 fix1716 to set into ——1825 to show foot1825 ready1878 to fang a pump, (loosely) a well1883 prep1900 to get (oneself) organized1926 to sharpen one's pencil1957 1517 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1928) xi. 46 Nothynge prepensynge, how they dyde prepare To scourge themselfe, and brynge them in a snare. 1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Scotl. 373/1 in Chron. I The gouernoure prepared to make a iourney into the Iles, to chastise the foresaid Donald. 1611 Bible (King James) Amos iv. 12 Prepare to meete thy God, O Israel. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) v. ii. 365 Prepare we for our Marriage. View more context for this quotation 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 86 When they prepare to prayer. 1684 in B. Cusack Everyday Eng. 1500–1700 (1998) 220 Mek Good ws of presios tiem & proper for sorer trayles as ye sie yr dely abowndin. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. x. 59 A prudent Mind will be always preparing, till prepared. 1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. iv. 127 He..bade her prepare to quit the abbey. 1824 W. Bullock Six Months' Residence Mexico xxvi. 375 I immediately prepared for making casts of the Aztec idols and sculptures. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 15 Aug. (1955) IV. 301 I took unspeakable pains in preparing to write Romola. 1889 Spectator 19 Oct. The war against which he..incessantly prepares. 1906 D. W. Forrest Authority of Christ iii. ii. 122 He [sc. God] has prepared from of old for the emergencies of every passing hour. 1929 E. Bowen Last September viii. 187 He was nonplussed at finding the door open, having prepared to tap on it inexpressively. 1987 A. Tutuola Pauper, Brawler & Slanderer ix. 34 Even I have prepared to die this morning. 2004 H. Strachan Make a Skyf, Man! i. 7 We leaned our rods on the board whilst preparing for the dash across the groyne. †4. transitive (reflexive) and intransitive. To get ready to go to, into, etc., a place; (also) to go, set off. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > depart, leave, or go away [verb (intransitive)] > set out forthfarec888 foundOE seta1000 to go forthOE to fare forthc1200 partc1230 to pass forthc1325 to take (the) gatec1330 to take the wayc1330 to take one's waya1375 puta1382 treunt?a1400 movec1400 depart1490 prepare?1518 to set forth1530 to set forward(s)1530 busklea1535 to make out1558 to take forth1568 to set out1583 sally1590 start1591 to go off1600 to put forth1604 to start outa1626 intend1646 to take the road1720 to take one's foot in one's hand1755 to set off1774 to get off1778 to set away1817 to take out1855 to haul out1866 to hit the trail (less commonly the grit, pike, road, etc.)1873 to hit, split or take the breeze1910 hop1922 society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > depart, leave, or go away [verb (reflexive)] > set out setc1460 prepare?1518 ?1518 Virgilius sig. aiij He raysed a great armey..and prepared hym towarde the towne. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 377/2 Vnles he would prepare hymselfe into Asia. 1599 Hist. Syr Clyomon & Clamydes sig. D2^v To Denmarke will I straight prepare. a1662 P. Heylyn Aerius Redivivus (1670) 220 With these Instructions he prepares to the Court of Scotland. 1784 R. Bage Barham Downs II. 250 We are actually preparing for England. 5. a. transitive. To get or have in readiness beforehand; to provide. Now rare or merged in sense 1a. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide beforehand foreseec900 purveyc1330 provise1484 prepare1535 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms lxiv. [lxv.] 9 Thou preparest man his corne [1611 Thou preparest them corne; 1885 R.V. Thou providest them corn]. 1611 Instructions of Marshall in W. Strachey For Colony in Virginea (1612) 62 They shall dismisse the company; those that are to set the watch, with charge to prepare their Armes, the others vnto their rests and lodgings. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 56 The Sled, the Tumbril, Hurdles and the Flail... These all must be prepar'd, if Plowmen hope The promis'd Blessing of a Bounteous Crop. View more context for this quotation 1859 Ld. Tennyson Lancelot & Elaine 1115 in Idylls of King Let there be prepared a chariot-bier To take me to the river, and a barge..clothed in black. †b. transitive (reflexive). To equip oneself preparatorily with. Also in passive: to be so equipped. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply [verb (reflexive)] > equip oneself purveyc1300 warnisha1400 adub?1473 provide1490 prepare1586 equip1841 1586 R. Lane in R. Hakluyt Principal Navigations p.7^v 44 Now to the end that we might be the fewer in number together, and so be the more easilie dealt withall (for in deede ten of vs with our armes prepared, were a terror to a hundred of the best sort of them). ?1614 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses ii. 17 Nor came alone; nor with men troopes prepar'd; But two fleete dogs, made, both his traine, and Guard. 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes vii. vii. §5. 1167 To prepare our selues with things necessarie for the Warre, especially of Powder. 6. a. transitive. gen. To produce, form, or make, esp. by bringing together ingredients or components; to manufacture; to synthesize, concoct, compound. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > manufacture or production > manufacture or produce [verb (transitive)] > by combination, extraction, etc. makeeOE prepare1535 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms xciv. [xcv.] 5 The see is his for he made it, and his hondes prepared the drie londe. ?1550 H. Llwyd tr. Pope John XXI Treasury of Healthe (1585) X viij Let the matter be preparid with oxisaccharum in thre partes therof. 1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 51 Prepair thy creddill in my Spreit. 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 34 Oyntments that are prepared against the French or Spanish-pox. 1634 in R. W. Cochran-Patrick Rec. Coinage Scotl. (1876) II. 103 Libertie..to bring his copper from Ingland alreadie prepaired and hulten. 1676 J. Evelyn Philos. Disc. Earth 64 Animals in preparing Chyle, transmute, alter, and insume what is only their proper aliment. 1712 R. Blackmore Creation ii. 77 In vain the Author had the Eye prepar'd With so much Skill, had not the Light appear'd. 1740 G. Smith tr. Laboratory (ed. 2) App. p. lvii The stars and sparks..are prepared in the following manner. 1809 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 21 356 I suggested to the apothecary..to prepare some pills of five grains each. 1856 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. II. 451 The most convenient methods of preparing nitrogen are based upon the removal of oxygen from atmospheric air. 1913 J. Hall-Edwards Carbon Dioxide Snow 28 Having prepared our cone, or stick of snow..the first step is to place the patient in a comfortable and easy position. 1934 Jrnl. Biol. Chem. 106 433 The vitamin G concentrate..was prepared by extracting hog livers with boiling water, [etc.]. 1973 R. W. Sillars Electr. Insulating Materials vii. 123 Pressboard is prepared from cotton rag fibres. 2001 P. Ball Bright Earth vii. 173 In the course of investigating the chemical properties of arsenic in 1775, Scheele prepared the green compound copper arsenite. b. transitive. To compose and write out; to draw up (a text or document).In quot. 1854 used intransitively with passive meaning. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > manner of writing > [verb (transitive)] > draw up document writeOE makec1300 drawc1390 to make upa1425 to make out1465 prepare1562 to draw up1623 scriven1742 to draw out1773 redact1837 1562 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 17 Bot it sal suffice for the support of my memorie..to hef præparit to me self this memorial. 1630 in W. Fraser Mem. Earls of Haddington (1889) II. 169 To prepar my compts of the conceled munneis. 1655 J. Shirley Polititian i. 8 Go. Have you Prepar'd your last accompts? Al. They are ready sir. 1680 in M. Wood Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1950) X. 414 [A committee] to..hear the..complaints of the merchants and to prepair the same to the councell. 1704 C. Davenant Let. 15 Aug. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) IV. 244 I had prepared a very elaborate letter to Her Royal Highness. 1797 A. Radcliffe Italian I. xi. 335 Do you prepare a few lines to acquaint Vivaldi with your consent to his proposal. 1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) IV. 271 The deed of settlement having been prepared and engrossed by the direction of Lord Coventry. 1854 J. S. C. Abbott Napoleon (1855) I. xxxvii. 577 A code is preparing for the regulation of commerce. a1873 H. W. Wilberforce Ch. & Empires (1874) 306 The Bulls were being prepared as speedily as was possible. 1920 A. Carnegie Autobiogr. xi. 155 During the voyage I prepared a prospectus which I had printed upon my arrival in London. 1977 Time 28 Feb. 22/1 The staff work was sometimes shoddy and key memos poorly prepared. 1993 C. T. Rowan Dream Makers, Dream Breakers iv. 51 He rushed to prepare documents asking the Baltimore City Court to issue a writ of mandamus. 7. transitive. To bring (an object, substance, surface, etc.) into a fit condition for use by means of some special or technical process; to work up; to dress. In quot. 1665: to put in proper order, make tidy. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > put in (proper) order [verb (transitive)] > put in order or tidy redeOE slick1340 redda1500 prepare1585 spruce1594 rid1599 snod1608 to clear up1762 snug1787 ted1811 tidy1821 side1825 fix1832 to pick up1853 mense1859 straighten1867 square1909 neaten1942 the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] > for use > by some special process prepare1753 1585 R. B. Difference Aunc. & Latter Phisicke sig. Bviii The body was so prepared, that therein was made a perfect vnion betweene Corpus, Anima, & Spiritus. 1665 Orders Ld. Mayor London in D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year (1722) 53 That every Householder do cause the Street to be daily prepared before his Door. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Insects Skeletons..have been prepared by burying them in an ant-hill. 1799 G. Shaw Vivarium Naturæ, or Naturalist’s Misc. X. Pl. 386 Mr. Dobson, so much distinguished by his exquisite manner of preparing specimens of vegetable anatomy. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 484 Pure clay..is always opaque, and the flint..always transparent; but both are prepared previously to being used. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 90/1 Sheep-skins are sometimes prepared to imitate morocco. 1929 F. H. Colvin & H. F. Colvin Aircraft Handbk. (ed. 4) iii. 64 To prepare oleo for use. 1. Pull piston out of cylinder and remove auxiliary piston, [etc.] 1986 A. Limon in A. Limon et al. Home Owner Man. (ed. 2) i. vi. 110 Carlite is a retarded hemihydrate pre-mixed gypsum plaster..and requires only the addition of water to prepare it for use. 2005 Which? June 42/1 Orbital sanders are ideal for preparing surfaces for painting or varnishing. 8. transitive. Music. To lead up to (a discord) by sounding the dissonant note in it as a consonant note in the preceding chord. Cf. preparation n. 6. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > harmony or sounds in combination > harmonize [verb (transitive)] > suspend, etc. prepare1728 resolve1728 suspend1853 society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > section of piece of music > ornament > [verb (transitive)] > lead up to grace prepare1908 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Discord The Discord is prepar'd by subsisting first in the Harmony in the Quality of a Concord. 1869 F. A. G. Ouseley Treat. Counterpoint v. 24 Always let the dissonant note be heard as a concord in the preceding chord. This is called preparing it. 1878 Proc. Musical Assoc. (4th Sess., 1877–8) 118 This class of discords is called by our teachers of harmony essential discords, which they take care to prepare. 1908 N.E.D. Prepare, to lead up to (a shake or other grace) by a preliminary note, turn, etc. 1915 H. Parry in Mus. Q. 1 322 The gradual abandonment, step by step, of the practice of preparing a discord came from the fact that instruments [as distinct from singers] could take any note in relation to any other. 1934 Musical Times Sept. 804/1 He [sc. Guilelmus Monachus] was perhaps the first to prepare dissonances in a manner that made the transition from mediæval harmony to modern music a natural and easy matter. 1987 Mus. Anal. 6 144 The dissonant notes are not always prepared (by common note or step) in the model, but always resolve properly. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1548v.1449
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