#673. Preparation.—N. preparation; providing &c. v.; provision,
providence; anticipation &c. (foresight) 510; precaution,
preconcertation[obs3], predisposition; forecast &c. (plan) 626;
rehearsal, note of preparation. [Putting in order] arrangement &c. 60;
clearance; adjustment &c. 23; tuning; equipment, outfit, accouterment,
armament, array. ripening &c. v.; maturation, evolution; elaboration,
concoction, digestion; gestation, batching, incubation, sitting.
groundwork, first stone, cradle, stepping-stone; foundation, scaffold
&c. (support) 215; scaffolding, echafaudage[Fr]. [Preparation of men]
training &c. (education) 537; inurement &c. (habit) 613; novitiate;
cooking[ Preparation of food], cookery; brewing, culinary art;
tilling[ Preparation of the soil], plowing, sowing; semination[obs3],
cultivation. [State of being prepared] preparedness, readiness,
ripeness, mellowness; maturity; un impromptu fait a loisir[Fr].
[Preparer] preparer, trainer; pioneer, trailblazer; avant-
courrier[Fr], avant-coureur[Fr]; voortrekker[Afrikaans]; sappers and
miners, pavior[obs3], navvy[obs3]; packer, stevedore; warming pan. V.
prepare; get ready, make ready; make preparations, settle
preliminaries, get up, sound the note of preparation. set in order, put
in order &c. (arrange) 60; forecast &c. (plan) 626 prepare the ground,
plow the ground, dress the ground; till the soil, cultivate the soil;
predispose, sow the seed, lay a train, dig a mine; lay the groundwork,
fix the groundwork, lay the basis, fix the basis, lay the foundations,
fix the foundations; dig the foundations, erect the scaffolding; lay
the first stone &c. (begin) 66. roughhew; cut out work; block out,
hammer out; lick into shape &c. (form) 240. elaborate, mature, ripen,
mellow, season, bring to maturity; nurture &c. (aid) 707; hatch, cook,
brew; temper, anneal, smelt; barbecue; infumate|; maturate. equip, arm,
man; fit-out, fit up; furnish, rig, dress, garnish, betrim[obs3],
accouter, array, fettle, fledge; dress up, furbish up, brush up, vamp
up; refurbish; sharpen one's tools, trim one's foils, set, prime,
attune; whet the knife, whet the sword; wind up, screw up; adjust &c.
(fit) 27; put in trim, put in train, put in gear, put in working order,
put in tune, put in a groove for, put in harness; pack. train &c.
(teach) 537; inure &c. (habituate) 613; breed; prepare &c. for;
rehearse; make provision for; take steps, take measures, take
precautions; provide, provide against; beat up for recruits; open the
door to &c. (facilitate) 705. set one's house in order, make all snug;
clear the decks, clear for action; close one's ranks; shuffle the
cards. prepare oneself; serve an apprenticeship &c. (learn) 539; lay
oneself out for, get into harness, gird up one's loins, buckle on one's
armor, reculer pour mieux sauter[Fr], prime and load, shoulder arms,
get the steam up, put the horses to. guard against, make sure against;
forearm, make sure, prepare for the evil day, have a rod in pickle,
provide against a rainy day, feather one's nest; lay in provisions &c.
637; make investments; keep on foot. be prepared, be ready &c. Adj.;
hold oneself in readiness, keep one's powder dry; lie in wait for &c.
(expect) 507; anticipate &c. (foresee) 510; principiis obstare[Lat];
veniente occurrere morbo[Lat].
Adj. preparing &c. v.; in preparation, in course of preparation,
in agitation, in embryo, in hand, in train; afoot, afloat; on
foot, on the stocks, on the anvil; under consideration &c. (plan)
626; brewing, batching, forthcoming, brooding; in store for, in
reserve. precautionary, provident; preparative, preparatory;
provisional, inchoate, under revision; preliminary &c. (precedent)