Arrange

//əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    rearranged rendition of a song; arrangement Japan
Verb
  1. 1
    To set up; to organize; to put into an orderly sequence or arrangement. transitive

    "& whan the frensshe men sawe thus the hors come, whyche was longyng to rychard, they were al affrayed and moeued, and came & opened the gate, and anone he entred in; and after that the yate was shette, they arenged them aboute the sayd hors, for compassyon of sorowe, wepyng pyetously."

  2. 2
    arrange attractively wordnet
  3. 3
    To plan; to prepare in advance. intransitive, transitive

    "to arrange to meet; to arrange for supper"

  4. 4
    arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events wordnet
  5. 5
    To prepare and adapt an already-written composition for presentation in other than its original form. intransitive, transitive
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  1. 6
    make arrangements for wordnet
  2. 7
    put into a proper or systematic order wordnet
  3. 8
    plan, organize, and carry out (an event) wordnet
  4. 9
    adapt for performance in a different way wordnet
  5. 10
    set (printed matter) into a specific format wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English arengen, arrangen (“to draw up a battle line”), borrowed from Old French arengier, arangier (“to put in a line, put in a row”), derived from reng, rang, ranc (“line, row, rank”), from Frankish *hring (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *hringaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krengʰ-, a form of Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”).

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle English arengen, arrangen (“to draw up a battle line”), borrowed from Old French arengier, arangier (“to put in a line, put in a row”), derived from reng, rang, ranc (“line, row, rank”), from Frankish *hring (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *hringaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krengʰ-, a form of Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”).

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