3 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) 2.0 [wn]:
arrange
v 1: put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on
the shelves in chronological order" [syn: {set up}]
[ant: {disarrange}]
2: make arrangements for; "Can you arrange a meeting with the
President?" [syn: {fix up}]
3: plan, organize, and carry out (an event) [syn: {stage}, {bring
about}]
4: set (printed matter) into a specific format; "Format this
letter so it can be printed out" [syn: {format}]
5: arrange attractively; "dress my hair for the wedding" [syn:
{dress}, {set}, {do}, {coif}, {coiffe}, {coiffure}]
6: adapt for performance in a different way; "set this poem to
music" [syn: {set}]
7: 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}]
From eng-fra [engfra]:
arrange
[əreindʒ]
accommoder, arranger, disposer
ordonner, ranger, régler