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Webster 1913 Edition
Arrange
Ar-range′
,Verb.
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
, Verb.
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 battleSo [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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Arrange
ARRANGE
, v.t1.
To put in proper order; to dispose the parts of a whole in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose; as troops arranged for battle.2.
To adjust; to settle; to put in order; to prepare; a popular use of the word of very general application.