updressv.
(up- prefix 3a.)
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (reflexive)]
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to make yarec1290
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bouna1400
updressa1400
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to make oneself forth1488
busklea1555
poise1639
arrange1865
the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] > prepare for a purpose
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pretreat1926
a1400 Rom. Rose 7067 That he wolde vpdresse Engyns bothe more and lesse To cast at vs by euery side.
1598 Chaucers Dreame in T. Speght Wks. G. Chaucer f. 358 v/1 Right in his wo he gan to braid And him vp dresses for to knele.
1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne xvi. xxiii. 285 Her curles garland wise she did vpdresse.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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