To make ready beforehand for a specific purpose, as for an event or occasion, To put together or make by combining various elements or ingredients; manufacture or compound, To make things or oneself ready, transitive verb_ To fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose or condition; to make ready; to put into a state for use or application, To procure as suitable or necessary; to get ready; to provid, To make ready for a specific future purpose; to set up; to assemble, verb_ lead up to and soften by sounding the dissonant note in it as a consonant note in the preceding chord, undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession, undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession, noun_ obsolete preparation