The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Configure \Con*fig"ure\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Configured; p.
   pr. & vb. n. Configuring.] [L. configurare: cf. F.
   configurer. See Configurate.]
   To arrange or dispose in a certain form, figure, or shape.
   --Bentley.
   [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

configure
    v 1: set up for a particular purpose; "configure my new
         computer"; "configure a plane for a combat mission"

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

configure

    A program by Richard Stallman to discover
   properties of the current platform and to set up make to
   compile and install gcc.

   Cygnus configure was a similar system developed by
   K. Richard Pixley in collaboration with Richard Stallman.
   In 1994, David MacKenzie and others modified autoconf to
   incorporate all the features of Cygnus configure and many
   GNU programs, including gcc now use autoconf.

   Metaconfig is a similar program used in building Perl.

   (http://airs.com/ian/configure).

   (2005-04-15)