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/ərˈeɪndʒ/ Listen

verb

Arrange v. t. (past & past part. arranged; pres. part. arranging)

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." "(They) were beginning to arrange their hampers." "A mechanism previously arranged."

To adjust or settle; to prepare; to determine; as, to arrange the preliminaries of an undertaking.

Synonyms: Adjust; adapt; range; dispose; classify.

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Etymology of 'Arrange'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Arrange" Quotes from Famous Books

... how to arrange it,' said Mrs Todgers, at length. 'A sofa bedstead in the little third room which opens from my own parlour.—Oh, you ...

— Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit • Charles Dickens

... the fact that the intelligence of animals is generally as great in early youth as it is in the prime of their beasthood. The author might have added to his list of facts, an account which I read when a boy, of the practice of the baboons in Caffraria, near the orange-orchards. They arrange themselves in a row from their dens to the orange-trees. One then ascends the tree, plucks the oranges, and throws them to the next baboon, and he to the next, and so on throughout the whole file; they standing some fifty yards apart. In this manner they quickly strip a tree, ...

— The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, February 1844 - Volume 23, Number 2 • Various

... he said, "and he can arrange for you to see the case. She (the patient) undoubtedly died from some rare nervous affection. I have a theory," etc.; the ...

— Brood of the Witch-Queen • Sax Rohmer

... mine; and it was through him that I became acquainted with your father. They were inseparable companions when they were young men. Ah, how long ago that seems! No wonder my hair is white. But please ring for Rosa, dear. I want to arrange ...

— A Romance of the Republic • Lydia Maria Francis Child

... but a succes d'estime is certain in your case, and my own personal following is large enough—joined with the actual lovers of good drama—to make the play pay for itself. Please come to my combination breakfast and luncheon, as you promised, and we can arrange dates and other details of the production, for my mind is made up. I am going to do your play, come what will. I thank you for having started all my dormant resolutions into life again. I shall expect you ...

— The Light of the Star - A Novel • Hamlin Garland

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