Dictionary entry

Arrange

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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 came to the market place, and there he arranged his men in the streets.

Berners.

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.