Syn. -- To fit; adjust; adapt; qualify; equip; provide; form; make;
make; ready.
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Pre*pare" (&?;), v. i. 1. To make all things ready; to put things in
order; as, to prepare for a hostile invasion. "Bid them prepare for
dinner." Shak.
2. To make one's self ready; to get ready; to take the necessary
previous measures; as, to prepare for death.
Pre*pare", n. Preparation. [Obs.] Shak.
Pre*pared" (?), a. Made fit or suitable; adapted; ready; as, prepared
food; prepared questions. -- Pre*par"ed*ly (#), adv. Shak. --
Pre*par"ed*ness, n.
Pre*par"er (?), n. One who, or that which, prepares, fits, or makes
ready. Wood.
Pre*pay" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prepaid (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Prepaying.] To pay in advance, or beforehand; as, to prepay postage.
Pre*pay"ment (?), n. Payment in advance.
Pre*pe"ni*al (?), a. (Anat.) Situated in front of, or anterior to, the
penis.
Pre*pense" (?), v. t. [Pref. pre + F. penser to think. See Pansy.] To
weigh or consider beforehand; to premeditate. [Obs.] Spenser. Sir T.
Elyot.