The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Prepare \Pre*pare"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prepare?; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Preparing.] [F. pr['e]parer, L. praeparare; prae
   before + parare to make ready. See Pare.]
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   1. To fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose or
      condition; to make ready; to put into a state for use or
      application; as, to prepare ground for seed; to prepare a
      lesson.
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            Our souls, not yet prepared for upper light.
                                                  --Dryden.
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   2. To procure as suitable or necessary; to get ready; to
      provide; as, to prepare ammunition and provisions for
      troops; to prepare ships for defence; to prepare an
      entertainment. --Milton.
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            That they may prepare a city for habitation. --Ps.
                                                  cvii. 36
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   Syn: To fit; adjust; adapt; qualify; equip; provide; form;
        make; make; ready.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Prepare \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.
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   2. To make one's self ready; to get ready; to take the
      necessary previous measures; as, to prepare for death.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Prepare \Pre*pare"\, n.
   Preparation. [Obs.] --Shak.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

prepare
    v 1: make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular
         purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children
         ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to
         leave town after I paid the hotel bill" [syn: fix,
         prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set]
    2: prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner,
       please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for
       the guests, please" [syn: cook, fix, ready, make,
       prepare]
    3: to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery;
       "prepare a report"; "prepare a speech"
    4: arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate
       a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the
       director's office" [syn: organize, organise, prepare,
       devise, get up, machinate]
    5: educate for a future role or function; "He is grooming his
       son to become his successor"; "The prince was prepared to
       become King one day"; "They trained him to be a warrior"
       [syn: prepare, groom, train]
    6: create by training and teaching; "The old master is training
       world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the
       future" [syn: train, develop, prepare, educate]
    7: lead up to and soften by sounding the dissonant note in it as
       a consonant note in the preceding chord; "prepare the discord
       in bar 139"
    8: undergo training or instruction in preparation for a
       particular role, function, or profession; "She is training to
       be a teacher"; "He trained as a legal aid" [syn: train,
       prepare]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

242 Moby Thesaurus words for "prepare":
   accommodate, accouter, adapt, afford, appoint, apprentice, arm,
   arrange, arrange for, assemble, author, bake, barbecue, baste,
   be about to, blanch, boil, brace, braise, break, break in, breed,
   brew, brief, bring up, broil, brown, build, cast, change,
   clear for action, clear the decks, clothe, coauthor, coddle,
   collaborate, compose, compound, concoct, condition,
   consider every angle, construct, contribute, cook, cook up, cram,
   create, cultivate, cure, curry, dash off, deploy, develop, devil,
   devise, discipline, dispose, do, do to perfection, donate, dower,
   dress, drill, editorialize, educate, elaborate, endow, endue,
   equip, erect, evolve, exercise, extrude, fabricate, fashion,
   fetch up, fill, fill up, find, fire, fit, fit out, fit up, fix,
   fix to, fix up, forearm, forge, form, formulate, fortify, foster,
   frame, free-lance, fricassee, frizz, frizzle, fry, fudge together,
   fund, furnish, gear, get, get ready, get ready to, get set for,
   get up, ghost, ghostwrite, give, griddle, grill, groom,
   guard against, heat, hedge, heel, house-train, housebreak, improve,
   indite, invest, keep, knock off, knock out, lay by,
   leave out nothing, lick into shape, look out for, maintain, make,
   make arrangements, make available, make preparations,
   make provision for, make ready, make sure, make sure against,
   make up, man, manufacture, marshal, mature, mobilize, modify, mold,
   mould, munition, novelize, nurse, nurture, organize, outfit,
   oven-bake, overlook no possibility, pamphleteer, pan, pan-broil,
   parboil, patch together, piece together, plan, play safe, poach,
   practice, prearrange, predispose, prefabricate, prep, prepare food,
   prepare for, present, pretreat, prime, process, produce, provide,
   provide a hedge, provide against, provide for, put in order,
   put in shape, put in tune, put out, put to school, put together,
   put up, raise, ready, ready up, rear, recruit, reef down, rehearse,
   replenish, rig, rig out, rig up, roast, run up, saute, scallop,
   scenarize, sear, send to school, set up, settle preliminaries,
   shape, shirr, shorten sail, simmer, staff, steam, steel, stew,
   stir-fry, stock, store, strengthen, study, subsidize, supply,
   support, swot, take in hand, take measures, take precautions,
   take steps, tan, teach, throw on paper, toast, train, transform,
   treat, trim, try out, turn out, whip up, whomp up, write, yield