Emily Dickinson Lexicon

prepare (-d, -s), v. [Fr. < L. præ, before + parāre, make ready.] (webplay: God, heaven, horses, meet thy God, music, nation, nature).

1. Fit; adapt; qualify; prime; educate; train; make ready.
2. Create; make; design; invent; produce.
3. Chart; sketch; outline; describe; [fig.] envision; teach; propose; purport; claim; write.
4. 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.