Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Arrange"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

So [they] came to the market place, and there he
arranged his men in the streets. --Berners.

[They] were beginning to arrange their hampers.
--Boswell.

A mechanism previously arranged. --Paley.

2. To adjust or settle; to prepare; to determine; as, to
arrange the preliminaries of an undertaking.

Syn: Adjust; adapt; range; dispose; classify.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

arrange
v 1: put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the flowers
in the vase" [syn: {set up}] [ant: {disarrange}]
2: make arrangements for; "Arrange a party for the newly-weds"
3: make arrangements for; "Can you arrange a meeting with the
President?" [syn: {fix up}]
4: plan, organize, and carry out (an event) [syn: {stage}, {bring
about}]
5: set into a specific format; of printed matter; "Format this
letter so it can be printed out" [syn: {format}]
6: arrange attractively; "dress my hair for the wedding" [syn:
{dress}, {set}, {do}, {coif}, {coiffe}, {coiffure}]
7: adapt for performance in a different way; "set this poem to
music" [syn: {set}]
8: arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events, etc.; "arrange my
schedule;" "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with
those of bygone times" [syn: {set up}, {put}, {order}]


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