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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]: arranged adj 1: disposed or placed in a particular kind of order "the carefully arranged chessmen"; "haphazardly arranged interlobular septa"; "comfortable chairs arranged around the fireplace" [syn: {ordered}] [ant: {disarranged}] 2: planned in advance; "an arranged marriage" 3: deliberately arranged for effect; "one of those artfully staged photographs" [syn: {staged}]
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