preparer


pre·pare

P0529700 (prĭ-pâr′)v. pre·pared, pre·par·ing, pre·pares v.tr.1. To make ready beforehand for a specific purpose, as for an event or occasion: The teacher prepared the students for the exams.2. To put together or make by combining various elements or ingredients; manufacture or compound: prepared a meal; prepared the lecture.3. To fit out; equip: prepared the ship for an arctic expedition.4. Music To lead up to and soften (a dissonance or its impact) by means of preparation.v.intr. To make things or oneself ready: I must prepare for my trip.Idiom: be prepared To be willing (to do something): I am not prepared to defend him when I know he was wrong.
[Middle English preparen, from Old French preparer, from Latin praeparāre : prae-, pre- + parāre, prepare, equip; see perə- in Indo-European roots.]
pre·par′ed·ly (-pâr′ĭd-lē) adv.pre·par′er n.