prepare

[pri-pair]

verb (used with object), pre·pared, pre·par·ing.

to put in proper condition or readiness: to prepare a patient for surgery.

to get (a meal) ready for eating, as by proper assembling, cooking, etc.

to manufacture, compound, or compose: to prepare a cough syrup.

Music. to lead up to (a discord, an embellishment, etc.) by some preliminary tone or tones.

verb (used without object), pre·pared, pre·par·ing.

to put things or oneself in readiness; get ready: to prepare for war.

Origin of prepare

1520–30; < Latin praeparāre to make ready beforehand, equivalent to prae- pre- + parāre to set, get ready (akin to parent)

Related formspre·par·er, nounre·pre·pare, verb (used with object), re·pre·pared, re·pre·par·ing.un·pre·par·ing, adjective

Synonyms for prepare

1. provide, arrange, order. Prepare, contrive, devise imply planning for and making ready for something expected or thought possible. To prepare is to make ready beforehand for some approaching event, need, and the like: to prepare a room, a speech. Contrive and devise emphasize the exercise of ingenuity and inventiveness. The first word suggests a shrewdness that borders on trickery, but this is absent from devise : to contrive a means of escape; to devise a time-saving method. 3. make.

Antonyms for prepare

1. disorganize.

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Examples from the Web for preparer

Historical Examples of preparer

We may well attribute more foresight to the preparer of dried Frogs and allow him to hang his animal a few inches off the ground.
The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles
Jean Henri Fabre
La maniere de se bien preparer à la mort, par M. de Chertablon.
The Dance of Death
Francis Douce
He had pricked before, now he stung; the singer of liberty had developed into a herald and preparer of the approaching revolution.
Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature - 6. Young Germany
Georg Brandes
The turtle soup, flavored with aromatic herbs, often gained well-merited praises for its preparer, Neb.
The Mysterious Island
Jules Verne
The preparer takes full responsibility for his choice of arrangement.
Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns, and Homerica
Homer and Hesiod

British Dictionary definitions for preparer

prepare

verb

to make ready or suitable in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etcto prepare a meal; to prepare to go

to put together using parts or ingredients; compose or construct

(tr) to equip or outfit, as for an expedition

(tr) music to soften the impact of (a dissonant note) by the use of preparation

be prepared (foll by an infinitive) to be willing and able (to do something)I'm not prepared to reveal these figures

Derived Formspreparer, noun

Word Origin for prepare

C15: from Latin praeparāre, from prae before + parāre to make ready

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Word Origin and History for preparer

prepare

mid-15c., a back formation from preparation and in part from Middle French preparer (14c.), from Latin praeparare "make ready beforehand" (see preparation). Related: Prepared; preparing. Be prepared as the Boy Scouts' motto is attested from 1911.