prepare

v

1. make ready, ready, Inf. prep; clear the decks, prepare for, make preparations for, prime, groom, get ready or set, Inf. square away, Archaic. boun; set up, fix up, arrange, order, put things in order, set one's house in order; lay the groundwork, set the stage, take steps, take the necessary steps, make provisions; draw the wagons tight, make all snug, batten down the hatches; Sl. psych oneself up, get up one's courage, Inf. gear oneself up, Inf. get oneself in gear, rev up one's engines, Literary. gird one's loins; warm up, rehearse, practice, get into shape or condition, whip into shape, tune up, Music. noodle; study, review, go over, read over, reread, do one's homework; brief, familiarize, train, teach.

2. outfit, accouter, equip, furnish, supply, provide, purvey; fit, fit out or up, rig, rig out or up, gear; array, deck, deck out, bedeck, caparison, trap; All Mil. arm, forearm, munition, Sl. heel, Archaic. harness.

3.(all of a meal) fix, make, do, cook, bake.

4. manufacture, make, produce, turn out; construct, erect, build, put up; forge, fashion, mold, form, shape, carve, chisel, sculpture; compound, combine, put together, concoct, mix up, whip up, cook up, brew; compose, work up, write up, make up, develop; devise, invent, contrive, fabricate, hatch, come up with, dream up, think up.