Hypertext Webster Gateway: "arranging"
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)
arranging
n : the act of arranging a piece of music [syn: {arrangement}]
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.