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2 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: arrange v 1: make arrangements for "Arrange a party for the newly-weds" 2: put into a proper or systematic order "arrange the flowers in the vase" [syn: {set up}] [ant: {disarrange}] 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: of hair [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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