prepared
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
prepare/prɪˈpeə(r)/
▶verb
- 1 make ready for use or consideration.
■ make (food) ready for cooking or eating.
- 2 make or get ready to do or deal with something.
■ (be prepared to do something) be willing to do something.
- 3 make (a substance) by chemical reaction.
- 4 Music lead up to (a discord) by means of preparation.
– derivatives
preparer noun.
preparer noun.
– origin ME: from Fr. préparer or L. praeparare, from prae ‘before’ + parare ‘make ready’.
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