Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Prepare (-d, -s)
prepare (-d, -s), v. [Fr. < L. præ, before + parāre, make ready.] (webplay: God, heaven, horses, meet thy God, music, nation, nature).
- Fit; adapt; qualify; prime; educate; train; make ready.
- Create; make; design; invent; produce.
- Chart; sketch; outline; describe; [fig.] envision; teach; propose; purport; claim; write.
- Brace oneself for the inevitable; steel the emotions for approaching death of a loved one; embalm; preserve a body; make a body ready for burial.
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