Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class V. Words Releasing to the Voluntary Powers
Division (I) Individual Volition
Section II. Prospective Volition
3. Precursory Measures

673. Preparation.

   NOUN:PREPARATION; providing &c. v.; provision, providence; anticipation (foresight) [See Foresight]; precaution, preconcertedness, preconcertion, predisposition; forecast (plan) [See Plan]; rehearsal, note of preparation; dissemination, propaganda.
  groundwork, first stone, cradle, stepping-stone; foundation, first rung, scaffold (support) [See Support]; scaffolding, échafaudage [F.].
  ELABORATION; ripening &c. v.; maturation, evolution; perfection; concoction, digestion; gestation, hatching, incubation, sitting.
  [PUTTING IN ORDER] arrangement [See Arrangement]; clearance; adjustment [See Agreement]; tuning; equipment, outfit, accouterment or accoutrement, armament, array.
  [PREPARATION OF MEN] training (education) [See Teaching]; inurement (habit) [See Habit]; novitiate.
  [PREPARATION OF FOOD] cooking, cookery, culinary art; brewing.
  [PREPARATION OF THE SOIL] tilling, plowing or ploughing, sowing, semination, cultivation.
  [STATE OF BEING PREPARED] preparedness, readiness, ripeness, mellowness; maturity; un impromptu fait à loisir [F.].
  [PREPARER] preparer, trainer, coach; teacher [See Teacher]; pioneer; avant-courrier [F.], avant-coureur [F.]; voortrekker [Dutch]; prophet; forerunner (precursor) [See Precursor]; sappers and miners, pavior, navvy; packer, stevedore, longshore-man; warming pan.
   VERB:PREPARE; get -, make- ready; predispose, address oneself to, get under weigh; make preparations, settle preliminaries, get up, sound the note of preparation.
  set or put in order (arrange) [See Arrangement]; forecast (plan) [See Plan]; prepare -, plow -, dress- the ground; till -, cultivate- the soil; sow the seed, lay a train, dig a mine; lay -, fix- the -foundations, – basis, – groundwork; dig the foundations, erect the scaffolding; lay the first stone (begin) [See Beginning].
  ROUGHHEW; cut out work; block out, hammer out; lick into shape (form) [See Form].
  ELABORATE, mature, ripen, mellow, season, bring to maturity; nurture (aid) [See Aid]; hatch, cook, brew; temper, anneal, smelt; barbecue; dry, cure, salt, smoke, infumate [rare]; maturate.
  EQUIP, arm, man; fit out, fit up; furnish, rig, dress, garnish, betrim, accouter or accoutre, array, fettle [dial. Eng.], fledge; dress up, furbish up, brush up, vamp up; refurbish; sharpen one’s tools, trim one’s -tackle, – foils; set, prime, attune; whet the -knife, – sword; wind up, screw up; adjust (fit) [See Equality]; put in -trim, – train, – gear, – working order, – tune, – a groove for, – harness; pack, stow away, stow down, stow, load, store.
  PREPARE FOR &c.; train (teach) [See Teaching]; inure (habituate) [See Habit]; breed; rehearse; make provision for; take -steps, – measures, – precautions; provide, provide against; beat up for recruits; open the door to (facilitate) [See Facility].
  set one’s house in order, make all snug; clear decks, clear for action; close one’s ranks; shuffle the cards.
  PREPARE ONESELF; serve an apprenticeship (learn) [See Learning]; lay oneself out for, get into harness, gird up one’s loins, buckle on one’s armor, reculer pour mieux sauter [F.], prime and load, shoulder arms, get up steam; put the horses to, harness, harness up [colloq.], hitch up [colloq.].
  guard against, make sure against; forearm, make sure, prepare for the evil day, have a rod in pickle, have a bone to pick, provide against a rainy day, feather one’s nest; lay in provisions [See Provision]; make investments; keep on foot, keep going.
  BE PREPARED, be ready &c. adj.; hold oneself in readiness, watch and pray, keep one’s powder dry, lie in wait for (expect) [See Expectation]; anticipate (foresee) [See Foresight]; principiis obstare [L.]; veniente occurrere morbo [L.].
   ADJECTIVE:PREPARING &c. v.; in preparation, in course of preparation, in agitation, in embryo, in hand, in train; afoot, afloat; on foot, on the stocks, on the anvil; under consideration (plan) [See Plan]; in consultation; brewing, hatching, forthcoming, brooding; in store for, in reserve.
  precautionary, provident; preparative, preparatory; provisional, inchoate, under revision; under advisement; preliminary (precedent) [See Precedence].
  PREPARED &c. v.; in readiness; ready, – to one’s hand, ready made; cut and dried; made to one’s hand, ready cut, made to order, at one’s elbow, ready for use, all ready; handy, on the table; in gear; running -smoothly, – sweetly; in working -order, – gear; snug; in practice.
  in full feather, in best bib and tucker [colloq.]; in -, at- harness; in the saddle, in arms, in battle array, in war paint; up in arms; armed -at all points, – to the teeth, – cap à pie [F.]; sword in hand; booted and spurred.
  in utrumque paratus [Vergil], semper paratus [L.]; on the alert (vigilant) [See Care]; at one’s post.
  RIPE, mature, mellow; pucka or pakka [Hind.]; practiced (skilled) [See Skill]; labored, elaborate, high-wrought, smelling of the lamp, worked up.
   ADVERB:IN PREPARATION, in anticipation of; afoot, astir, abroad; abroach.
   QUOTATIONS:

1. A bove majori discit ar are minor.
2. Looking before and after.—Hamlet
3. Si vis pacem para bellum.
4. There is a divinity that shapes our ends, Roughhew them how we will.—Hamlet