prepare

verb

1. (transitive)To make ready for a specific future purpose; to set up; to assemble or equip; to forearm.

   “We prepared the spacecraft for takeoff.”

   “that they may prepare a city for habitation”

   “our souls, not yet prepared for upper light”

2. (transitive)To make ready for eating or drinking; to cook.

   “We prepared a fish for dinner.”

3. (intransitive)To make oneself ready; to get ready, make preparation.

   “We prepared for a bumpy ride.”

   “As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.”

   “Tourists visited a memorial hall adorned by a slogan in the handwriting of Chiang Kai-shek, Taiwan's divisive former nationalist leader: "Stay alert and prepare for battle."”

4. (transitive)To produce or make by combining elements; to synthesize, compound.

   “She prepared a meal from what was left in the cupboards.”

noun

1. (obsolete)preparation

   “Go levy men, and make prepare for war;”