[syn: arrange, set up, put, order]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Arrange \Ar*range"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Arranged; p. pr. &
vb. n. Arranging.] [OE. arayngen, OF. arengier, F.
arranger, fr. a (L. ad) + OF. rengier, rangier, F. ranger.
See Range, v. t.]
1. To put in proper order; to dispose (persons, or parts) in
the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose; as,
troops arranged for battle.
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So [they] came to the market place, and there he
arranged his men in the streets. --Berners.
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[They] were beginning to arrange their hampers.
--Boswell.
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A mechanism previously arranged. --Paley.
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2. To adjust or settle; to prepare; to determine; as, to
arrange the preliminaries of an undertaking.
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Syn: Adjust; adapt; range; dispose; classify.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
arrange
v 1: put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books
on the shelves in chronological order" [syn: arrange,
set up] [ant: disarrange]
2: make arrangements for; "Can you arrange a meeting with the
President?" [syn: arrange, fix up]
3: plan, organize, and carry out (an event); "the neighboring
tribe staged an invasion" [syn: stage, arrange]
4: set (printed matter) into a specific format; "Format this
letter so it can be printed out" [syn: format, arrange]
5: arrange attractively; "dress my hair for the wedding" [syn:
dress, arrange, set, do, coif, coiffe,
coiffure]
6: adapt for performance in a different way; "set this poem to
music" [syn: arrange, set]
7: arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events; "arrange my
schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with
those of bygone times" [syn: arrange, set up, put,
order]