arrange

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

ARRANGE, verb intransitive 1. To put in proper order; to dispose the parts of a whole in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose; as troops arranged for battle. 2. To adjust; to settle; to put in order; to prepare; a popular use of the word of very general application.
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