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.
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